Sewers - if you were making this project, WWYD?

satreece

I'm making some napkins for holiday gifts and I'm debating the best way to go about putting them together.  I got a beautiful napkin from Glad with my holiday ornament - hers was turned and topstitched - and had a really nice soft fabric on one side and the print on the other.  I couldn't find nice soft fabric that I liked, and that matched, and that was affordable to make all the napkins I want to make, so I just got a solid matching cotton to match the print cotton.

So now I'm wondering if I should t+t them or just lay the two pieces together and stitch them as if they were one piece like this:

 The print will be on top and the solid will be on the bottom (instead of just the back of the print fabric like it is in this one ply napkin).

What do you think???

blissfully_caffeinated

I vote for laying the two pieces together and stitching them as if they were one piece. I have something against t&t though. I have cloth napkins that are done like that picture (only a plain fabric so both sides look pretty much the same). I like them and they've held up really well.

ElloPoppet

i'd T&T if you're using 2 layers. I would not trust my layers to stay perfectly aligned.

That said, I don't have a problem with 1-ply napkins, as pictured. 

BFab11

ElloPoppet:

i'd T&T if you're using 2 layers. I would not trust my layers to stay perfectly aligned.

That said, I don't have a problem with 1-ply napkins, as pictured. 

This.

the_jackpot

If you are going to do the 2 layers, I would stitch across them- like a fake quilt so the pieces could stay together. A square w/ overlaping v's- hope that makes sense.

jennterrell

just to throw another option in there, you could cut the print side larger, then turn it over to form a border on the plain side.