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Kitchen Confections in Moda's Vintage Modern:

Patchwork Napkins

Editor: Liz Johnson

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 9:00

Paper napkins are... well ... paper! Cloth napkins are more beautiful, more absorbent, and more green. Today is the second

project in our Kitchen Confectionsseries for Moda Fabrics, featuring the new Vintage Modern collection by Bonnie & Camille.

On Monday, during our debut placemats tutorial, we showed you a technique for building patchwork strips called a 'strata.'

Today you get to practice the technique again to make a set of coordinating napkins. Then, hold on to your honey buns.... we

have fourmore projects on tap as well as two super cute downloads of matching recipe cards and gift tags, and a marvelous

Great Giveaway to round it al l out. Our thanks for Moda for sponsoring the entire series.

We're often asked about our fabric choices and why we work almost exclusively with designer fabrics like Vintage Modern fromModa. One word: Quality! This mantra extends beyond fabric to notions, tools and your sewing machine. If you start with quality

materials you're more likely to end with a quality project. With fabric it's a difference you can l iterally feel in the texture, drape

and weight. There are no odd distortions or stiffness. Color is consistent and true. And, everything from pinning to cutting to

stitching goes more smoothly and easily. Plus a designer fabric is just that, produced by creative talent, like Bonnie & Camille,

to be more stylish and unique truly a coordinated work of art.
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The Vintage Modern collection by Moda has six colors ways (Sky, Pebble, Cream, Candy Apple, Melon and Pear) with 40

quilting weight prints and 10 flannels, plus Fat Quarters, Fat Eighths, Layer Cakes, Charm Packs and Jelly Rolls. It is hitting

the shelves now at your favorite independent shops, both in-store and online. You'll want to indulge in all its mouth-watering

goodness today!

Sewing Tools You Need

Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 6300)One Quarter Inch seam foot (optional)

Fabric and Other Supplies

Supplies listed below are for FOUR reversible napkins; each finishes at 20" x 20".
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14 cuts from the Vintage Modern collection by Bonnie & Camille for Moda Fabrics: yardage is shown below both with and

without pre-cuts in the mix

NOTE: You could certainly use fewer cuts, but the beauty of this collection is how marvelously it all mixes and

matches, so we have given you the information for how to build a set that looks just like ours. We also always err on the

side of a l ittle extra versus to-the-inch cuts. This allows for better fussy cutting options.

All purpose thread to coordinate with fabrics

Machine quilting thread, 50 wt: we used white

Adhesive dots or masking tape

See-through ruler

Iron and ironing boardScissors or rotary cutter and mat

Fabric pen or pencil

Seam gauge

Straight pins

Hand sewing needle

Specific Yardage Notes

Our patchwork strip is made from the same 10 strips for each napkin; it finishes at 4" x 20".

The Front/Back combination for our first napkin is as follows:

The Front/Back combination for our second napkin is as follows:

The Front/Back combination for our third napkin is as follows:
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Fabric Name/Number Yardage w/out pre-cuts Yardage w/pre-cuts

Fabric 1: Floral Wish Pebble/55044-13 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 2: Floral Vintage Sky/55040-11 + One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 3: Floral Hopscotch Pebble/55041-17

Fabric 4: Floral Snickerdoodle Pear/55046-16 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 5: Floral Wish Sky/55044-11

Fabric 6: Floral Dots Pear/55049-16 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 7: Floral Snickerdoodle Sky/55046-11

Fabric 8: Floral Wish Melon/55044-14 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 9: Floral Hopscotch Sky/55041-11 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 10: Floral Swirl Candy Apple/55047-15 One Jelly Roll Strip

Fabric 11: Floral Wish Candy Apple/55044-15

Fabric 12: Floral Dot Stripe Candy Apple/55045-15

The Front/Back combination for our fourth napkin is as follows:


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Fabric 13: Floral Vintage Cream/55040-17

Fabric 14: Floral Vintage Pebble/55040-13

Getting Started

Fabric 1 - Floral Wish Pebble:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 2" x 19" strip

With yardage/pre-cuts:

Cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 19"

Fabric 2 - Floral Vintage Sky:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 20 x 20" square and ONE 2" x 19" strip


Cut ONE 20 x 20" square and cut the Jelly Roll strip down to 19"

Fabric 3 - Floral Hopscotch Multi:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 20" x 1" strip, ONE 15" x 20" rectangle and ONE 2" x 19" strip

Fabric 4 - Floral Snickerdoodle Pear:

Without pre-cuts:




Fabric 5 - Floral Wish Sky:

Without pre-cuts:


Fabric 6 - Floral Dots Pear:

Without pre-cuts:




Fabric 7 - Floral Snickerdoodle Sky:

Without pre-cuts:



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Fabric 8 - Floral Wish Melon:

Without pre-cuts:




Fabric 9 - Floral Hopscotch Sky:

Without pre-cuts:




Fabric 10 - Floral Swirl Candy Apple:

Without pre-cuts:




Fabric 11 - Floral Wish Candy Apple:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 20" x 1" strip and ONE 15" x 20" rectangle

Fabric 12 - Floral Dot Stripe Candy Apple:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 20" x 20" square

Fabric 13 - Floral Vintage Cream:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 20" x 20-1/2" square

Fabric 14 - Floral Vintage Pebble:

Without pre-cuts:

Cut ONE 20" x 20" square

At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board

Create a 'strata'

1. A strata is a quilter's term for a block of pieced fabric made up of strips sewn together side-by-side.The completed strata

can then be cut into smaller strips for the project. It's a wonderful time-saving technique!

2. Collect the TEN 2" x 19" strips.

3. Place the strips in a row in the desired order. Number the strips using an adhesive dot or a small piece of masking tape.

This will help you keep track of the order.


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4. With all purpose thread in the top and bobbin, use a " seam allowance to sew together the 2" x 19" strips to create a

20" x 19" strata.

5. To do this, place the first two strips right sides together, aligning one 19" side. Pin in place. Stitch together. Add the third

strip to the remaining 19" raw edge of the sewn pair. Pin and stitch in the same manner. Continue in this manner to create

the finished strata 20" x 19".6. Press all the seam allowances to one side, toward the very first strip.

7. Using a rotary cutter, quilt ruler and cutting mat, square the end of the strata, removing as l ittle fabric as possible. This

means aligning your strata along a cutting mat grid line, then also aligning your ruler along the grid lines and trimming the

edge perfectly straight.

8. Cut the squared strata into four 4" x 20" strips, one for each of the four napkins. Discard the extra 1" strata strip.

NOTE: We folded our strata into thirds to make it easier to cut with a smaller ruler.

NOTE: If you are new to patchwork techniques, take a look at our earlier article on this series' coordinating placemats.

LINK There are addi tional photos of us making the strata for this project.

Finish the napkin

1. Following the diagrams above of our mix-and-match selections (or using your own design), find one one "front set" made

up of one 1" x 20" strip and one 15-" x 20" rectangle.

2. Place the 1" x 20" strip right sides together with the left side of the 4" x 20-" strata strip, aligning the 20" sides.

Pin in place.

3. Using a " seam seam allowance, sew the two pieces together. Press the seam allowance together and toward the

strata.

4. Place the 15" x 20" strip right sides together with the right side of the 4" x 20-" strata strip, aligning the 20"

sides. Pin in place.
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5. Using a " seam seam allowance, sew the two pieces together. Press the seam allowance together and toward the

strata.

6. Flip the sewn 20 x 20 square to the right side.

7. Re-thread your machine with white quilting 50wt in the top and bobbin.

8. Topstitch along the long edge of the strata on each side, approximately

" in from seam on the patchwork.

9. This completes the napkin front. Press well.
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10. Find the appropriate 20" x 20" back square for the front you've just completed.

11. Place the front and back squares right sides together. Pin around all four sides, leaving a small opening in the middle of

one side for turning.

12. Re-thread your machine with matching thread in the top and bobbin.

13. Using a " seam allowance, stitch around all four sides, stopping and starting at either side of the opening you have left

for turning. Remember to stop at each corner, with your needle in the down position, and pivot.

NOTE: We're using our Janome Quarter Inch foot to keep an exact seam.

14. Clip the corners at a diagonal , but be careful not to clip into your stitching.

15. Turn the napkin right side out. Using a long, blunt-end tool, such as a large knitting needle or a chopstick, poke out each

corner so it is nice and sharp.

16. Press well.
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17. Turn in the raw edges of the opening so they are flush with the sewn seam.

18. Re-thread your machine wi th the 50wt quilting thread in the top and bobbin.

NOTE: Although your final topstitch will help close the opening used for turning, with the narrow " hem, we

recommend hand stitching the opening first and then topstitching. An extra measure that helps insure that area doesn't

open up with frequent laundering.

19. Topstitch around all four sides of the napkin approximately " from the edge.
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20. Repeat for each of the remaining three napkins.

Contributors

Project Design: Alicia Thommas

Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Michele Mishler

Other machines suitable for this project include the Bernina 350PE and the Brother CS6000i Sew Advance.

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