[Kim in Canada]

Originally Posted by Stitchn-Jeans

Hi Katiedoodles


I am have trouble sending the picture.

Grace

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...cture001-1.jpg

The napkins are fabulous! Very cute, well done project.

[Kim in Canada]

Originally Posted by katiedoodles

Grace,

Thanks for this inspiration! I showed the picture to my sister and she begged for me to make these for her. I have just finished up 18 and have another 8 to complete (yes, she seats 20-26 people every Christmas!) The hardest part was choosing the fabric Hopefully, I will get some made for me too!

Katie

Hi Katie! Do you have some photos of the napkins that you made for your sister?

[katiedoodles]

I made 26 of the poinsettia/snowflake napkins and 12 of the bright colored napkins (my sister has Christmas china for the kids table in the bright colors). Needless to say, after making 38 of these for her, my napkins are still in the UFO pile!

[StitchinGrandma]

OOh those turned out really great. You have a whole year to finish those in the UFO pile.

[katiedoodles]

Originally Posted by StitchinGrandma

OOh those turned out really great. You have a whole year to finish those in the UFO pile.

I think if I don't get these done within the next couple of days, I will probably be stitching furiously next Christmas Eve

[Stitchn-Jeans]

Katiedoodles

I love your napkins. Aren't they fun to make. On the first fold I sewed invisiable thread so that when they are wash you have a guide to refold them.
I like your choice of fabric.

Stitchn-Jeans

[Kim in Canada]

Originally Posted by katiedoodles

I made 26 of the poinsettia/snowflake napkins and 12 of the bright colored napkins (my sister has Christmas china for the kids table in the bright colors). Needless to say, after making 38 of these for her, my napkins are still in the UFO pile!

Those are fabulous! Thanks for posting the photos.
Kim

[katiedoodles]

Originally Posted by Stitchn-Jeans

Katiedoodles

I love your napkins. Aren't they fun to make. On the first fold I sewed invisiable thread so that when they are wash you have a guide to refold them.
I like your choice of fabric.

Stitchn-Jeans

Grace,

That was a great idea! I sent a template that I cut of of heavy cardboard and then laminated for my sister to use when she irons them. (Although, she told me that since I used sizing when I ironed the fabric that the folds in the material did not disappear in the laundry.)

[backtosewing]

I wish I had seen your color combos before I bought my fabric. Now I have another trip to make because I love yours.

[sewplain]

I love your napkins. Would you be willing to share the design with me? Thanks Denise

[susank]

Denise - I also made some of these napkins last year that show up in another post. If you google Christmas tree napkins you will get lots of instructions and there is even a Youtube video on how to make them. I like big napkins so I made mine with a 20" half circle but you can make them smaller.

Good luck - they are fun and quite pretty. I made matching table runners and sold all the sets I made at a craft show last year. People seemed to like them. This year I am making some for myself.

[Granny313]

Originally Posted by Stitchn-Jeans

The Christmas Tree napkins are really nice. I have already sold 8 and I have to make 12 more. I have them cut out so now it won't be hard to sew them.


Grace

Just curious as to how much you sell these for. Are they hard to make? I think that they are beautiful!

[Beaufort Quilter,]

I love the Christmas tree napkins. I hope to get some made one day.

[susank]

Granny 313 - I see you didn't get an answer to your question so I thought I'd chime in. Last year I made sets of 6 with a matching table runner and sold them for $50. This year I made 8 napkins with the runner for $60. They are not hard to make but they do take a fair bit of fabric because they are double sided - they are more expensive to make than a regular napkin.