Sewing Even Corners
September 6th, 2007 by Jen LoveCan you notice a difference between the corner on the left and right?
In an attempt to go a little more green around our house I decided to make up a bunch of cloth napkins in fabrics I liked. The only frustrating part was trying to press, pin, and sew corners that never came out straight. There is always that little corner that sticks out like a tongue at me! Until I learned a better way to fold and sew them, (Thanks Mom!) and I wanted to share tips from my sewing misadventures with you.
1. Snip off a little diagonally in each corner. (You may find this step in unnecessary but it ensures a neater fold as you get to Step 4.)
2. Pretend that you have not snipped the corner and fold and press a 90′ “triangle”. You want this to be the width of turning your fabric over twice the width that you desire.
3. Now turn the edge over two times until the sides and ends match up to peak at a perfect triangle. This may take a little trial and error. You can see where I pressed the sides and unfolded the edge again.
4. I use an iron to do a lot of my sewing. Ironing really helps you to get your hem straight and with no pins! So once you have this lined up just right you can just sew across your hem.
I feel great when my homemade napkins look just as good as the ones I have bought! Great for tablecloths, tablerunners, placemats, etc. too.
September 6th, 2007 at 5:47 am
thank you thank you!!! I did the same thing this weekend and had the same disappointment. I am all set to make new ones now!
September 6th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Thanks for the great instructions!
September 6th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Thanks for the tip! I have been thinking about making some cloth napkins instead of using wasteful paper towels all the time! Now I will know how to make nice corners….
September 6th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Hum. That makes sense. Thanks so much!
September 6th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
That’s really useful, thanks for sharing. Your napkins look very cheerful, with or without the sticking toungue!
September 6th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Smart and not bulky. I love it! Thank you for sharing.
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September 10th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Wow, all those years I have being sewing corners and I never thought of that. Thanks for sharing!
September 16th, 2007 at 5:36 am
Thanks for this! Precisely the reason I’ve never made placemats and napkins to use or give away…I get those goofy tongues! Now I know the remedy!
September 20th, 2007 at 6:29 am
Thank you! I’ve always had this problem. What a great, great plan! (I found you through Whipup)
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September 25th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
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October 6th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Going green is obviously much easier and prettier than many people think, isn’t it? Good tip. I will use this; thank you.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:09 am
was googling for homemade napkin ideas and found your instructions ~ what a great idea…first thing that came to my mind was to use my tiny mini-iron for smallish things like napkin corners (the one I use for ironing scrapbooking ribbon) rather than having to drag out my big ironing board and iron
Off to try making napkins immediately : ) Thanks!
October 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Thank you so much for sharing that. It really is useful and those dang corners always used to drive me nuts!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Hello it was an absolute pleasure to come across, and read your blog. You really have some interesting information that I will have to share with my wife. If your ever looking for fabrics Lauren & I would be more than willing to help. Just let us know. Have a great evening.
Josh & Lauren
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July 9th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Thank you very much. I was looking for sewing corners techniques.
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:36 am
This is something I’ve never been able to do as cleanly and neatly as I’ve wanted to do . Thank you so much for the photos and instructions.The napkins are done beautifully and with percision, love that!
April 12th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I am definitely going to use this, thanks for posting. I want to make some cloth napkins for my house, I am trying to stop using paper towels!
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