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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Napkin Upcycle

I have been toting seven ugly red cloth napkins around the country for a very, very long time.  They showed themselves again while I was looking for some other fabric.
 Enough is enough.

I found this cute fabric coaster tutorial a while ago and I knew these napkins were about to change!




  I found some old coordinating prints and the ugly tomato of pins.


A little piecing and pinning and the machine was off and running! 


Much better!

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19 comments:

SkippityDoDahQuilts said...

Love them! I also have some seriously ugly fabric napkins that have been living in the closet for too long. Thanks for the inspiration!

www.skippitydodahquilts.blogspot.com

Linda said...

How cute and what a great idea!

Kelly @ Vintage Fabric Studio said...

these are great, and re-purposing is the best! Thanks for linking up to Eat, Grow, Sew....love your projects!

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

very nice idea....and that purple sage!!!! tell me it's yours....I love it.

Dana said...

fab idea! well done :-)

Melissa said...

What a great way to upcycle something.

A.J. Dub. (Amy) said...

Yay for re-purposing!

Jen Price said...

Awesome way to re-purpose! I love the coasters!

Mel Creates Often said...

Agreed, much better! I saw you at What Allie's Making Now blog hop. You should come by and link up at my blog hop: http://www.meldreamsoften.com/2011/05/fancy-friday-blog-hop-4.html

I'm your newest follower!

my thrifty closet said...

very pretty and so easy to make. Thanks for sharing your creative idea. Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog. Following you back!


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Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims said...

aw, they will make a very cute coaster!!

Thanks for linking up to Your Whims Wednesday :)

Eliz Frank said...

I'm finally catching up on Mel's Fancy Friday Blog Hop and have followed you via GFC.
Happy Mother's Day! :-)
Elizabeth

Debbie said...

Clever act of recyling! Good for you!

Leanne said...

Good idea, they look great.

Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made said...

Isn't it great how fabric you LOVE can make fabric you DON'T like look fantastic?! These are great -- thanks for posting!

Anonymous said...

Love how you are re-using things on this blog. So cool!

FlyAwayHome said...

Very cute. What a way to recycle. Thanks for joining as a follower on Flyawayhome-4am.blogspot.com/

nicolette {momnivores dilemma} said...

Great upcycle! I have some old napkins that need a new lease on life...

Thanks for linking to Creative Juice. Hope to see you back again this week...

SewHappyGeek said...

I love them! It's really weird, I was just looking up coaster tutorials last night as I need to make some for us - those are really cute! I'm featuring them today! (new blog address: www.sewhappygeek.co.uk )