Towel to Napkin

The beautiful rainbow toweling that I bought in Portland got washed (after I stay-stitched the raw edges. I cut the pieces apart with my gigantic pinking shears.

 And then I stay-stitched those newly-cut edges to hopefully contain the escaping fluff. That made ironing the edges into stitch-able shape much easier.

The pre-hemmed two sides of this toweling fabric makes this an easy process to turn these into nice big napkins.

I really like these new napkins, and I'm going to put them into immediate service.

Why Not Napkins?

 

So exciting to finish something.

Even if it is something as quick and simple and easy as napkins made from toweling yardage. Close-ups so you can see the lovely weave of this fabric. It feels so nice and nubby as well as substantial to the touch. Ruby Star Society has a tutorial on how to make a nice coat out of this stuff, I could see wearing one, this fabric is that nice.

Very pleased with how they turned out. One of the few times I've sewn something recently without first pre-washing, and thankfully ironing the turned up edges wasn't as smelly as other unwashed fabrics. Maybe the toweling yardage is produced with less of the fabric treatments that quilting cottons are made with?