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28 March, 2011

Fruity Bird Napkins

I have some cool handmade napkins from the farmer's market that I like a lot but they are more like lunch napkins, small and really only fold into squares.  So I set out to make myself some dinner napkins.  I spent a long time staring at all the fabric waiting for one of them to resonate with me and as soon as I pulled out this bird fabric I knew I had a winner.  And it was even on sale!  I then had to find a backing for the bird fabric and, what can I say, I have a thing for polka dots.  I had to look up online what the dimensions of a dinner napkin are supposed to be.  I found a lot of 20" square napkins but when I cut that size it felt too big to me.  So I cut it down to my own liking and ended up with something around 17" square.  First I sewed them together inside then flipped them and did the visible stitching.  And Ta Da!  I love it!  I started by making 4 but have plans to make more.

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