DINNER NAPKIN CENTERPIECE

Put a different kind of bloom on your table with these round napkins that look like over-sized flowers.  An unusual way to dress up a table, these linens are lovely to look at.  Position several in the center of the table in a pretty vase or bowl within the reach of your guests.  Or set one in each wine glass at place settings.  They’re just as pretty resting on a plate in a napkin ring. You can make these round napkins in just a few minutes and enjoy them for years to come.

DIRECTIONS

1. 1.Cut out a 20” paper circle to use as a pattern.  I created my circle on my computer in Photoshop, then printed the page out in sections which were taped together to create the full circle.
   

2. 2.Cut a piece of fishing line 66” long.  This is about 3.5” longer than you will need. The excess will give you a tail to feed under your presser foot.  I used 20 lb. test fishing line.
   

3. 3.Sew the napkin edge with a zigzag stitch on a regular machine, or use a Serger machine.  I used my Serger with the rolled hem option and two spools of wooly thread on a three thread Serger.  Read about wooly thread in Tips below.
   

4. 4.Align fabric with the right edge of the presser foot.  Feed fishing line through the hole in the presser foot and pull to the back creating a 2” tail.  Drop your presser foot.  If you are working with a regular sewing machine, you may have a special presser foot that allows you to also feed the line in a similar way.
   

5. 5.Begin sewing, keeping fishing line to the right edge of presser foot.  It will feed into the work and get encased under the stitching.  Work around the circle, feeding the fishing line as you go.
   

6. 6.When you return to where you started, overlap your fishing line slightly and take a few more stitches to cover the line. Trim the line. 
   

7. 7.On the sewing machine, backstitch to finish.  On the Serger, move the fabric away from the needle but keep sewing to create a 5 or 6” chain stitch.  Cut the tail and thread it through a needle. 
   

8. 8.Move the needle inside the last 1/2” of your stitching.  Pull the tail through so that the fabric slightly bunches up behind it, and clip off the excess tail.  Now smooth out the fabric.  The tail end will be pulled under the stitching and hidden inside the rolled hem.
   

Have fun with this project and play with different ideas.  Consider using:

1. • textured fabrics
   

2. • unlikely fabrics like lace or sheers - just be sure the fabric will work as a napkin
   

3. • sew with contrasting thread
   

4. • sew with metallic thread

What You’ll Need

1. •wooly thread from JoAnns
   

2. •20” round of fabric
   

3. •66” fishing line per napkin
   

Set in a wine glass or rest on a plate in a napkin ring.

Wooly Thread

On a Serger machine, align fabric with the right edge of the presser foot.  Feed fishing line through the hole in the presser foot .

On a regular sewing machine, you may have a special presser foot that allows you to also feed the line.

Move the needle inside the last half inch of your stitching.

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