You know that little jar you have filled with odd buttons, well here’s a way to use them. It only takes a few stray buttons and some embroidery floss to make these cute napkins.
What You Need
Buttons, embroidery floss, thread (in the color of the fruit you want to create)
Standard sewing needle
Embroidery needle
Fabric napkins
Embroidery hoop (optional)
Fabric pen
Lets Make Them! Lay out your design on the napkin, arranging the buttons in place (mark with a disappearing-ink fabric pen if necessary), then sew on the first button, using matching thread. (For easier stitching, you may want to use an embroidery hoop.) Sew on the remaining buttons. Using the disappearing-ink fabric pen, lightly mark out the leaf or stem of the fruit or vegetable. Stitch along the pen marks, using embroidery floss and a classic chain stitch or a stem stitch. To make a stem stitch (which works well for stems), working from left to right, make standard, slightly slanted stitches along the line, keeping the thread below the needle. For leaves, use a satin stitch, making straight (not slanted) stitches, each touching the next, across the width of the leaf. That’s it! Ta Daa
Karen says
May 22, 2010 at 14:10Just lovely…how creative!
The Crazy Suburban Mom says
May 22, 2010 at 14:32I love these! Thats an adorable project and not really even (that) hard. Even for someone like me..
Tracy
Lin says
May 22, 2010 at 14:54Oooh, I LOVE those! Why don't you just make them for me??? I like that idea better. 🙂
Alex J. Cavanaugh says
May 22, 2010 at 15:09Waste not, want not. Clever idea.
Chatty Crone says
May 22, 2010 at 15:38Now that's a darn good idea! sandie
Jasmine Iris says
May 22, 2010 at 16:02these are adorable! :]
Dee says
May 22, 2010 at 16:18Cute..I may be able to handle this one. 🙂
hipchic~cynde says
May 22, 2010 at 16:42These are so fabulous! Thanks for sharing. I love your new button for your blog by the way 🙂
Sherry says
May 22, 2010 at 17:41This is the cutest idea. I love that you can recycle vintage buttons with these. You have a lot of interesting stuff on your websites. I love the meditation video. Thanks for visiting.
Createology says
May 22, 2010 at 18:13Very sweet and well done. Happy creating…
LDH says
May 22, 2010 at 18:27So nice visiting with you, Katherine! Sweet place you have here and very cute button napkin idea.
Thank you for stopping by my place and leaving your comment!
Kindly, ldh
Poppies and Sunshine says
May 22, 2010 at 20:43I love this! It looks completely adorable!
Liza says
May 22, 2010 at 20:52These are adorable…and perhaps even do-able for a ten-thumb-er like me.
Happier Than a Pig in Mud says
May 23, 2010 at 01:34These are just too cute, love the idea-thanks!
Gypsy Heart says
May 23, 2010 at 02:50I love these! Thanks so much for sharing ~
Brightest blessings,
Pat
Pamela says
May 23, 2010 at 04:01Great idea!! And i love buttons!!
Pamela from French Buttons
Tammy says
May 23, 2010 at 10:34Just beautiful…wish I liked the needle and thread. 🙂
Mary Ann says
May 23, 2010 at 16:24Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for your sweet comment. I adore your blog header and background, so elegant.
Valerie @ itsonly100pounds says
May 23, 2010 at 18:38These napkins are very cute. You have great ideas!
Kittie Howard says
May 23, 2010 at 18:51What a great idea! Thanks!!
MosaicMagpie says
May 23, 2010 at 21:56So sweet! I love cloth napkins.
Debbie
Henley on the Horn says
May 24, 2010 at 11:52How adorable! You are much more creative than I am!
Jenni says
May 25, 2010 at 04:55What a sweet idea!!! So glad I stumbled across your blog! PS-Im having a giveaway for a beautiful carafe on my blog!
Mimi says
May 25, 2010 at 05:21HI!!!
I sooooLOVE LOVE those!!!!
let me tell you my button story!!!!I have collected buttons for years, you know all those extra buttons attached to all the clothes you buy, well I would put them in the bathroom drawer in a little box, and then one day they went into a jar, well my Granddaughter found that jar and knowing that was an unsafe thing for her to like I hid them well hid so well, I cannot find them, every now and then I go on a button search, and I just cannot find them, I am a NEAT NICK, so they are not hid by clutter, I just flat out hid them well, I am thinking in my gut, some where high and I just cannot see them!!!!But if and when or I may go buy some –so I can make those!!!!
Cute!!!!
hugs,
jamie
Sherri says
May 25, 2010 at 08:21How creative you are and I just love all of them! Thanks for sharing!
Healing Woman says
May 25, 2010 at 13:35Love those little button napkins. I just became a follower.
FLOWERSHOPGURL says
May 25, 2010 at 15:09Hi Katherine, What a sweet idea, just the inspiration I need to make some napkins. Thank you for visiting my blog and becoming a new follower. I'm now following your lovely blog. I'm so happy to have found you!
Hugz,
Kim
Lynn-Teacupstitches says
May 25, 2010 at 15:33Those are just about the cutest napkins ever!! I must make a set of cherries for my 50's loving friend!!
Thanks so much for sharing the idea!!
Lynn
Angela says
May 25, 2010 at 15:49Thank you for coming by and for following. I love the buttons added to the napkins, such a sweet touch!!
Angela
Valerie says
May 25, 2010 at 17:29What a great idea! These are so cute and creative. I might have to try to make them!
xo
Valerie
Cinnamonstitch says
May 25, 2010 at 20:35That is so adorable, Im going to try that with some of those buttons I have collected. Thank you for sharing your great idea,,Come by and see me,Im following you now. Have a great day
Coleen says
May 25, 2010 at 22:19ohhhhhhh.how darling! I just love these!!
Heart Hugs,
Coleen
Natasha says
May 26, 2010 at 01:37I wish I could sew neatly but I would make a real mess of this. Fabulous idea though!
Best wishes,
Natasha.
Natalie says
May 26, 2010 at 23:35those are so cute!
The Happy Homemaker says
May 27, 2010 at 18:55What a sweet idea!this will be a fun project for my youngest daughter and me to do this summer!
Sherry says
May 27, 2010 at 19:55What a wonderful idea, I would love to make some of these. I will make a note to remind myself and I also became a follower of your blog. Thanks for sharing.
The Polka Dot Closet says
May 27, 2010 at 20:06thank you for stopping by, I love your blog, I took a bite of the chocolate cake and well, now I am hooked, I am a follower!
Carol
Bossy Betty says
June 12, 2010 at 17:45What a cute idea!
abitosunshine says
June 14, 2010 at 01:16How cute and clever!
WobiSobi says
January 29, 2011 at 16:55These are so cute.. Thank you Katherine for becoming a follower. I am following you in return. I am equally as excited to see what you do. Have a wonderful Weekend. Hugs, Anne
Libby says
March 10, 2013 at 14:18These are beautiful napkins! I purchased a set of green napkins from a thrift store that I plan on embellishing. Sometimes my projects are forgotten, so thanks for the reminder with this post. Thank you also for following my blog. I’m following you through RSS feed via Google Reader.
Debbie @ Deliciously Inspired says
April 20, 2013 at 21:01Very Cute Idea – It would be cute on a kitchen towel. Really enjoy your blog.
Veronica Lee says
March 31, 2017 at 06:58So pretty! Love the idea. Pinned