Originally Posted by
G'ma Kay
We've had a great crop of new babies in the past year, so I've been making self binding receiving blankets like a factory. I had some metallic marble that I bought as a remnant and had the probably not very original idea to use the same process for table napkins. I put the metallic with a mottled black and turned out four napkins in no time. Family members may get tired of these soonl
Great minds think alike. I've done several sets and started out following this tut (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGESFvTYm6g). This tut shows you how to miter a corner easily so you can either end up with hemmed (1 piece of fabric) napkins or self bound (2 pieces of fabric). If I make the 2 piece I plan for a fairly wide border (1-1 1/2, so it shows a fair amount of the other print. If I do a 1 piece napkin then a narrow maybe 1/4" border because I don't want to bring attention to the back. Pretty easy and they look impressive when finished. You can do placemats or really any mat or table runner similarly with a little tweeking. With placemats you can batt and quilt the 'inside piece' and then self bind. Looks great. If you're into embroidery you can put a nice monogrammed initial in the corner first and then do the mitering etc. Have fun with it.