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10-Minute Everyday Cloth Napkins : I distract myself by making cloth napkins for dinner

I am not trying to sound posh when I say that my family and I use cloth napkins for our everyday meals.  Personally, I was raised to pull a few pieces off of the paper towel roll, fold them in half and call it good.  But now that we've gotten into this habit of using cloth napkins nightly, I don't think that we are going to go back.  It definitely elevates family dinner just a bit.
Everyday dinner napkins.

Admittedly, it adds to the laundry pile at the end of the day and we have worn out several sets of napkins by this time.

Which means that I get the chance to make more.  Especially when I have some remnant fabric lying around.

Everyday cloth napkins are really easy to make, especially if you don't plan on stressing too much about the hems and the corners.  Here is a step-step guide for how to make my "No Stress" Everyday Cloth Napkins.


This method allows you to keep sewing as you turn the corners of your fabric, making this one of the quickest methods to create a napkin out there.



STEPS TO MAKE 10-MINUTE EVERYDAY CLOTH NAPKINS

    A fat quarter makes the right size.
    • Step 1:  Find some cotton fabric.  While you can choose to make your napkins any size you would like, I like to have my napkins be fairy large.  I use one yard of fabric and divide this fabric up into four pieces, two length wise and two width wise.  This is also known by quilters as a "Fat Quarter" and you can also purchase them individually from fabric stores.
    Fold up your new corner.  
    • Step 2:  Double fold one edge of the square so that the raw edge is completely hidden.   Start stitching at one edge and keep your double folding your hem as you continue.
    • Step 3: When you get close to the next corner, double fold it up (as shown in the picture).  Run the needle over this new layer of fabric.  As soon as the needle is in this layer, stop the machine, lift the presser foot, and turn the fabric so that the stitches will run along the new side. 
    • Step 4:  Reverse your stitches to the edge of this new side so that the new side will be fully stitched down.  Then continue sewing the new side.
      • Finish your final corner by cutting off the threads. 
    • Step 5: Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you reach the original corner.




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