Eighteenth Century Agrarian Business. Inspiration and original craft ideas for weddings, parties, children, such as home decoration, gifts, cards, personal accessories and templates. V&Co. Bedtime Tales. Prudent Baby. JCasa *handmade. There is an allure to really chunky yarns I find irresistable. Some have cozy twists/plies while others resemble roving - both equally lovely in their own way. I have been known to collect my share of bulky skeins over the years, der Gipfel of the lot being an enormous hank of hand-spun/-dyed awesomeness from local fiber artists at Alpaca Fiber Studio. I had never before seen anything like it, similar to roving and dare I say reminiscent of innards. Although I had no idea what (if anything) I would use it for, I knew it would be a really unique object to display at home or in my studio.
And for the past several years, that's what it has been. Fast forward to our recent snow days, I picked up the basketball-sized ball of yarn and started to fiddle with it. 16 stitches were laboriously cast on and I got to work. Until I figure out what to make of it next, it will be on display once again. xoxo. Inchmark. Make It and Love It. Flamingo Toes. A Beautiful Mess. I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness.
Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year! This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe. Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens. And hey! Two of them are even no sew! Ribbon Trimmed Napkin This look is so (no sew) simple! Supplies:-ribbon-heat bond in width of ribbon-cloth napkin (buy mine here)-iron-fabric scissors (not shown above) Step One: Trim pieces of your ribbon to be about 1.5 inches longer than the width of your napkins. Step Two: Fold down the edges of each ribbon segment about 1/4" and iron flat. Step Three: Iron the heat bond to the ribbon (pressing with hot iron for two seconds), then peel off the paper backing. Pom-Pom Trimmed Napkin.