Sup­plies needed:

Fab­ric (1 yard for 8 placemats/napkins)

Cut­ting board

Rotary cut­ter

Ruler

Pins

Thread

Sewing machine

Wash­able mark­ing pen

Iron­ing Board

Seam Gauge

Step 1:

Pre-wash and Pre-shrink your fab­ric. I used a 100% cot­ton and used “nor­mal” set­tings on the wash­er and dryer.

Step 2:

Iron fab­ric. Be sure to press the fab­ric prop­er­ly. Do not press diag­o­nal­ly because it will mis­align the grain line.

Step 3:

Cut 8 – 12.57”x17” rectangles

Step 4:

With a wash­able mark­ing pen, mark the lines ½” in from edge and 1” from edge.

Step 5:  Mark­ing the Corners:

Mark 2 new 1”x1” squares around the cor­ner 1”x”1 square (cre­at­ed in step 4)

Next, mark a line that goes diag­o­nal­ly through the squares (green line shown in the image)

Then, mark a new (seam allowance) line ½” out towards the cor­ner from the diag­o­nal line. This new line should look like the pink line in the image.

Then, cut the cor­ners off on the pink line.

Step 6: Fold in the sides 1/4” and Iron

Step 6: Mak­ing the Mitered corners

-With right sides togeth­er, fold the cor­ners togeth­er (match the diag­o­nal lines)

-Sew along the diag­o­nal line (as seen in the photo)

- Cut off access fab­ric at the point

-Use some­thing pointy to turnover the corners

Step 7: Fold each side anoth­er 1/2” and iron

Step 8: Use some­thing point­ed to point out the cor­ners. (I used a French curve)

 

Step 9: Top stitch 7/8” along the edges. Then press the napkins.

Fin­ished! Enjoy!