Homemade Napkins, Hearts Galore and Favorite Valentine’s thoughts…

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Just a little love today with some ideas for making your own Valentine’s Day table linens

perfect for celebrating the day with your special someone

some fun places to visit and lots of “heart-spiration”

to share in this post!

I’ve shared before on making your own tea towels

but I don’t think I’ve share before about sewing your own

napkins and tablecloths for special occasions.

Here are some super easy directions for you…

How to Sew a 45″ Square Tablecloth and Napkins

Cutting out your fabric

*Purchase 1.75 yards colorful cute Valentine’s fabric ~

wash, dry and iron out the wrinkles.

*Open the fabric out widthwise and take the top upper selvage corner and fold diagonally across and down so the fabric edge overlaps the opposite selvage creating a very large triangle.

Smooth out any wrinkles as you create this large triangle

of fabric with both selvages together.

*Cut a straight line across under the lower edge of the triangle

across the remaining fabric ~ when opened out this will

make a 45″ x 45″ square of fabric.

{this will use up 1.25 yards of the total length of fabric}

The remaining fabric will be enough to make (10) napkins

measuring 9″ x 9″ square cut before sewing {use the selvages! They will be turned under and sewn so they won’t show}

or buy 2 yards and the fabric can be adjusted to

(6) 13.5″ x 13.5″ napkin squares before sewing.

A table set for a past Valentine’s Day.

Pressing and Sewing

*Fold under all four edges of each napkin once, then twice making “hospital corners” or mitered fabric at each corner.

Try to make very small turns to have as large a napkin once

fully sewn.

A seam roller really helps with this if you have that

attachment for your sewing machine.

*Sew from the topside with decorative stitches, if desired,

catching in all the edges and corners.

*Lace can be sewn and added afterwards to create

a larger napkin too and to change the look.

Go back and restitch by hand or machine as needed.

🙂

*Press once more and starch if you’d like.

Set your tea table and enjoy

your lovely table!

A few years ago I was able to drive down to see

author and artist Fifi O’Neill on Valentine’s Day and she gave a talk and shared stories about being editor and her new book

at the time.

Later on I wrote about Vignette’s the store Fifi spoke at which is a treasure trove of antiques and collectibles for the soul

located in sunny Ocean Beach, surf-side in

San Diego County, California.

Here is our former home’s front doors decorated

for Valentine’s…

Funny, I don’t know why I never made a second

wreath like the one on the far right but then

on sale after Valentine’s one year

I ended up buying this beautiful wicker one

decorated with reddish-pink berries.

Last year I found this sweet heart inside a great pie shop

called The Texas Pie Company.

I loved their bohemian decor and this heart was awesome!

Last year too I set a Valentine’s tea table outside

and had fun decorating and sharing a little Cinderella

story with you all, dear readers.

🙂

Sharing with

Wow Us Wednesday ~ Savvy Southern Style

Thursday Favorite Things ~ Katherine’s Corner

Tablescape Thursday ~ Between Naps on the Porch

Feathered Nest Friday ~ French Country Cottage

Dishing It and Digging It ~ Life and Linda

Friday at the Firestation ~ A Fireman’s Wife

Sew It Cook It Craft It ~ Sew Historically

Really Crafty Link Party ~ Keeping It Real

Happy decorating!

Homemade Napkins, Hearts Galore and Favorite Valentine’s thoughts…

How to Sew a 45″ Square Tablecloth and Napkins

Cutting out your fabric

Pressing and Sewing

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