Coordinating napkins are the finishing touch to your tabletop fashions. Standard finished napkins are 14" or 17" (33.5 or 43 cm) square. Before cutting the fabric, square the ends, using a carpenter's square. For fringed napkins, square the ends by pulling a thread. Napkin hems can be decorative. Experiment with some of the decorative stitches [...]

Trimmed place mats have banding stitched to one side. Purchase finished trim or cut trim from fabric. Cutting Directions Cut the place mat 1" (2.5 cm) larger than desired finished size (page 104). Press W' (1.3 cm) seam allowance to right side of place mat on all edges. Cut trimming long enough to go around [...]

MATERIALS: Clark’s O.N.T. mercerized crochet, size 30, 16 balls of ecru and 7 balls of color 43 dk. yellow; or J. & P. Coats mercerized crochet, 12 balls of ecru and 5 balls of dk. yellow; or if Clark’s Big Ball mercerized crochet is being used, buy 6 balls of ecru only. Milward’s steel crochet [...]