Thinking Outside the Hoop: Dinner Napkins Embroidery Project

Easter Basket Napkins

The Easter Basket dinner napkins, a twist on my popular Valentine's Day rose dinner napkins, makes a really neat gift and conversation piece. I used a Great Notions tulip design and used the easter decor found at a local floral shop. I picked all the bright easter colors and got lucky and found a basket with the same tulip design. It just recently won an award in the Impressions magazine in December of 2005. The dinner napkin idea is so versatile and can be used for so many occasions. There have been quite a few people who have emailed about the roses so I decided to give you some more ideas on the same project.

Wipe Your Mouth With Your Shirt Sleeve

The next project is another crazy idea I had for a competition. This is a dinner napkin pattern that looks like a shirt sleeve. It has a functional button on it to unbutton for when in used. When not in use, can lay on the table or picnic/barbeque area. Down south, we are accused of alot of things, but I have now made it proper to "Wipe your mouth on your sleeve".

If you notice, I have initials embroidered on the cuff like a real dress shirt should, which makes it even cuter. You could embellish the cuffs however you would like, with flowers, cute sayings, or by using your creativity. No matter how it is decorated, you will get ravesat the next event where they are displayed.They are 16 inches tall and rounded off at the top. When unbuttoned, they open out flat so they can be used.

I hope these projects give you some ideas of your own and please feel free to email me with projects you have done from my ideas. I would love to hear from you. Email me at [email protected]