{"id":4744,"date":"2014-12-26T00:17:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T00:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2015-01-31T03:52:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T03:52:51","slug":"no-ordinary-napkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/no-ordinary-napkins\/","title":{"rendered":"No Ordinary Napkins"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"IroningTrees\"<\/a>

From a 22″ half circle, Clarissa irons the “Christmas Tree” napkins<\/p><\/div>\n

\"WorkTable\"<\/a>

Using my daughter’s cutting\/work table, you can see the black foam core template and the cutting tools and the stacks of fabrics in the back ground with the already sewn half-spheres<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Napkins_Ellis2\"<\/a>

Napkins for the in-laws — the Ellis’<\/p><\/div>\n

When Sue Shotridge and I went into the “Island Quilter” store on Vashon Island to buy some sewing notions for a button blanket, we noticed a napkin in the shape of a Christmas tree – suddenly we just had to buy some fabrics to make ’em for ourselves and Christmas gifts of course!<\/p>\n

\"Napkins_Ellis\"<\/a>

Christmas Tree napkins made for the Hope Family<\/p><\/div>\n

First thing you gotta do is choose a selection of colors you like; before you do any cutting, make sure you pre-wash the fabrics and then iron all the fabrics folded in half, right and left selvages matched up.\u00a0 Then cut a template from a piece of smooth cardboard, cut a half circle that is 22 1\/4″ long and 11″ wide.\u00a0 Lay out your fabric with salvage edge on both the left and right sides.\u00a0 Lay the straight edge of the cardboard along each salvage.\u00a0 You will get 2 double sets of half-curve; with right sides together sew along all the edges except leave about 4″ open, this enables you to turn the fabric right side out.\u00a0 Press.\u00a0 Topstitch along the entire edges.\u00a0 Then fold the half circle into the “trees” (shaped above).\u00a0 Voile’ !\u00a0 Christmas trees!<\/p>\n

\"IroningFabrics\"<\/a>

After pre-washing the fabric and drying, then iron all the fabrics you intend to use<\/p><\/div>\n

I had a stash of about $500 worth of beautiful textured cotton fabrics I had bought about 10 years ago when I was commissioned to do a large 25′ x 15′ wall mural, which got “vetoed” at the very last minute.\u00a0 so finally I put them to use.\u00a0 Sure I could have sewn a huge mural (if I had someone else paying my bills while I sewed), or used the fabrics for something that would have brought in an income, however, I have great pleasure in making things for people, and it’s been since 1989 that I have done that.\u00a0 So I cut into all the fabrics without any harm!<\/p>\n

\"NapkinFabrics\"<\/a>

A beautiful selection of 100% cotton fabrics<\/p><\/div>\n

I made 150 napkins during the week of Christmas.\u00a0 It was very nice to take a week off from any kind of business and just do a sewing project for my family and friends.\u00a0 Sewing always has a calming effect with lots of joy felt within me — very healing.\u00a0 I gave some away for Christmas, gave some away for birthday presents and will give some away for wedding gifts this year.<\/p>\n

\"Napkins_K&M\"<\/a>

Another nice selection of Christmas tree napkins – these ones for K & M !<\/p><\/div>\n

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When Sue Shotridge and I went into the “Island Quilter” store on Vashon Island to buy some sewing notions for a button blanket, we noticed a napkin in the shape of a Christmas tree – suddenly we just had to buy some fabrics to make ’em for ourselves and Christmas gifts of course! First thing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,29,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-honoring-others","category-latest-art-projects","category-northwest-coast-art-shows-and-art-exhibits"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4767,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions\/4767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}