Classic Mitered Corner Napkins In Spectrum Cotton
Tidy mitered corners, super soft garment-dyed cotton, and a rainbow of colors make our Classic Mitered Corner Napkins our favorite dinner guests!
With all the effort we make to put food on the table, mealtime certainly deserves a little regalia. Here, handmade hems and mitered corners imbue homemade warmth, while our Spectrum Cotton lends a beautiful custom palette.
Choose from 46 Spectrum Cotton colors to really home in on the ones that suit your home, spirit, and likely dinner companions. It’s fun to think about assigning napkins to your guests: Orange Coral for your aunt with the big earrings and infectious laugh, Lilac Blossom for your friend with the sweet tooth, and Pacific Blue for your cousin who just flew in from LA!
Classic as classic gets, but wonderfully personal, too… Get sewing!
Originally designed for Purl Soho by Molly Schnick.
Materials
To make 2 napkins, you’ll need…
- 1/2 yard of Purl Soho’s Spectrum Cotton. We used the colors (shown above from top to bottom) Orchid Gray, Duck Egg Blue, Orange Coral, Terra Cotta, Pink Tulip, Lilac Blossom, Pacific Blue, and Cobalt Turquoise. NOTE: Each 1/2 yard of Spectrum Cotton yields two 15 x 15 napkins. To eke out three napkins that measure 13 x 13 inches, cut the fabric into 15 x 15-inch squares rather than 17 x 17-inch squares, as instructed in the original pattern.
- Purl Soho’s Organic Cotton Sewing Thread. We used the color 4832 with Orchid Gray and Duck Egg Blue, color 4828 with Orange Coral and Terra Cotta, color 4809 with Pink Tulip and Lilac Blossom, and color 4814 with Pacific Blue and Cobalt Turquoise.
- An erasable fabric marker
- A rotary cutter
- A self-healing cutting mat
- A 6 1/2 x 24 1/2-inch non-slip straight ruler
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Size
Finished Dimensions: 15 x 15 inches
Pattern
For the free pattern, please visit our original Classic Mitered Corner Napkins story.
I read this post when I got up and remembered I had some of the watercolor linen and metallic linen stashed in a closet. I’m going to make these this week! Thanks for this distraction during these crazy times.
Thank you
Handmade fabric napkins, especially in such lovely linen, have so much value: The joy of making them, the pleasure in using them, and the bonus reward of saving the planet. Fabric napkins eliminate deforestation, and reduce the load on factories, trash collection and recycling. Give yourself a star for making these napkins, you’re helping to save the planet and having a good time in the process!
Wonderful fabric, great pattern and beautiful napkins! So much fun to see—thanks for the inspiration ?
I want touse the toweling fabric to make placemats and napkins. Can you help me calculate how many yards I need, using the 15” wide toweling fabric? I was thinking 6 placemats at 15” tall by 20” long ( 20” to include 2 “ for hemming) = 3.66 yards.
For 6 napkins, at 15 x 15 = 2.5 yds. Or do I need a little more for the hems on the 2 sides?
I could also use the spectrum cotton for the napkins. If I do that:
Does the spectrum cotton pacific blue color match the toweling in pacific blue?
Does this all seem reasonable? Are my measurements and calculations correct?
Hi Susan,
Thanks for writing in! Your calculations look correct to me, and I would recommend including a few extra inches to account for the hems. Since Garment Dyed Towelling is sold by the full yard, I’d recommend getting 4 yards for the placemats and 3 yards for the napkins.
In terms of color, Pacific Blue in the Garment Dyed Towelling is a little bit brighter and more vibrant than the same in Spectrum Cotton. They are definitely related colors though, they’d just be a slight gradient of each other!
All the best,
Lili
I keep having trouble getting them to work. I wish I could zoom for 15 min to see if you can tell me what works best
Hi Esther,
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with this project! I’d recommend signing up for a 1-On-1 Project Help session, where a team member will be happy to demonstrate techniques in real time.
All the best,
Lili