Random Quotes from Wise Mamas |
br>
08-08-2020, 01:16 PM | #1 |
Moderator
Assign positive intent
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 9,615
|
Cloth napkins
I would like to switch to cloth napkins.
Any recommendations? I want something absorbent that holds up for years. It doesn't have to look pretty but that's always a plus.
__________________
Desiree, mom to 5 sweet blessings, Lacy 24, Jordan 22, Joanna 20, Emma 19, and Ethan 17 |
08-08-2020, 01:23 PM | #2 |
Rose Trellis
Deuteronomy 11:19
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 3,052
|
Re: Cloth napkins
Address you looking for fabric suggestions for diy?
Or purchasing premade? Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Tapatalk
__________________
"Reflections like these lead one to spare the rod ... purely because it is not easy to find a punishment that does not defeat it's own ends." -Charlotte Mason Parents and Children pg. 171 "If punishment were necessarily reformative, and able to cure us all of those 'sins we have a mind to,' why, the world would be a very good world;" -Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children pg. 172 W&C 8/4/06; G 15yo , M 11yo , S 8/29/13 , V 8yo , Baby 2yo |
08-08-2020, 01:23 PM | #3 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 21,260
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I love our flannel napkins!
I also prefer fairly small ones. I have had better luck with visitors being willing to use ones that are shaped like paper napkins rather than the traditional shape of cloth napkins. I will take a fat quarter of fabric and make four napkins. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
__________________
Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years.
Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this. |
The Following User Says Thank You to knitlove For This Useful Post: | SewingGreenMama (08-08-2020) |
08-08-2020, 01:33 PM | #4 | ||
Moderator
Assign positive intent
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 9,615
|
Re: Cloth napkins
Quote:
I will also take fabric suggestions. My daughter has been sewing lately and she's off all week so I could pay her to sew me some. ---------- Post added at 03:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:31 PM ---------- Quote:
I have no idea what you are talking about in your last sentence. It sounds like sewing terminology. I also don't really understand the different shapes? Aren't they all square?
__________________
Desiree, mom to 5 sweet blessings, Lacy 24, Jordan 22, Joanna 20, Emma 19, and Ethan 17 |
||
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to heartofjoy For This Useful Post: | amommy23 (08-08-2020), SewingGreenMama (08-08-2020) |
08-08-2020, 01:44 PM | #5 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 21,260
|
Re: Cloth napkins
You can buy quilting fabric in what is caled 'a fat quarter' meaning it is the same amount of fabric as a quarter of a yard but instead of being a skinny strip it is mostly square. In most fabric stores like Joanne's and quilting stores they will have huge displays of them.
When I do this I end up with napkins that are about 9" square and I fold them in quarters. Normal cloth dinner napkins that are sold are normally closer to 20" square. And are folded in to quarters and then folded again to be set out as a rectangle. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
__________________
Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years.
Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this. |
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to knitlove For This Useful Post: |
08-08-2020, 01:45 PM | #6 |
Rose Trellis
Deuteronomy 11:19
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 3,052
|
Re: Cloth napkins
A fat quarter is 1/4 of a yard but it's cut differently then straight off the bolt.
Straight off the bolt is long and narrow, about 9"x44"-60"+ depending on how wide the fabric is. A fat quarter is generally taken off a 46" wide (I think, it might be 52") fabric and cut in quarters like a sandwich, 18"x23" or 26". Anyway. Fabric choices. I would say flannel is a great option. Quilting cotton would work over time, but in the beginning it would be harder to use, you could wash it several times in the beginning to soften it. Duck cloth would hold up for a long time, it would also need to be washed a lot in the beginning to soften it a bit. But over time it would make really really great napkins. Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Tapatalk
__________________
"Reflections like these lead one to spare the rod ... purely because it is not easy to find a punishment that does not defeat it's own ends." -Charlotte Mason Parents and Children pg. 171 "If punishment were necessarily reformative, and able to cure us all of those 'sins we have a mind to,' why, the world would be a very good world;" -Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children pg. 172 W&C 8/4/06; G 15yo , M 11yo , S 8/29/13 , V 8yo , Baby 2yo |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to SewingGreenMama For This Useful Post: | heartofjoy (08-08-2020), knitlove (08-08-2020) |
08-08-2020, 01:45 PM | #7 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 21,260
|
Re: Cloth napkins
If your daughter has a foot to do rolled hems or a nice way to finish off the edges it is really quick.
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
__________________
Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years.
Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this. |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to knitlove For This Useful Post: | heartofjoy (08-08-2020), SewingGreenMama (08-08-2020) |
08-08-2020, 02:44 PM | #8 |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 5,922
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I love our Green Mountain Diapers unpaper towels. Not fancy enough for a nice meal but work great for our daily needs.
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to MegMarch For This Useful Post: | heartofjoy (08-08-2020), SewingGreenMama (08-08-2020) |
08-08-2020, 03:20 PM | #9 |
Rose Trellis
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,482
|
Re: Cloth napkins
For just us at home, I went to the discount store and just bought some of the nicer washcloths for us to use for napkins.
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Maedchen For This Useful Post: | heartofjoy (08-08-2020), SewingGreenMama (08-08-2020) |
08-08-2020, 03:43 PM | #10 |
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 6,537
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I only do pre-made.
I have official cloth "napkins" but also have some larger sized wash cloths we use as cloth napkins too. They are more absorbent. Some cloth napkins are not absorbent at all so we avoid those.
__________________
ESFJ DYT 3/2, Enneagram 9w8 married to My Guy (2003) mom to: Cherished (dd, 12/2005) Warrior (ds, 07/2007) saved & baptized (2004) Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 |
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to twoplustwo For This Useful Post: |
08-08-2020, 10:46 PM | #11 |
Rose Garden
Why climb a mountain? Because it's there!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Selkirk Mountains
Posts: 52,860
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I bought my cloth napkins at Pier 1 in 1998. I still have them!
Pier 1 is gone now but I don't think there was anything special about them. Just cotton. |
The Following User Says Thank You to Soliloquy For This Useful Post: | SewingGreenMama (08-09-2020) |
08-08-2020, 10:53 PM | #12 |
Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 34,565
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I have some nicer cloth napkins, but for everyday use, we bought a bundle of inexpensive washcloths. I avoided ones the same color as the ones we use for bathing. Works well for us.
__________________
Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19 |
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to CelticJourney For This Useful Post: | Maedchen (08-09-2020), SewingGreenMama (08-10-2020) |
08-10-2020, 11:30 AM | #13 |
Rose Garden
An Enneagram 7 type 1/2 ENTP
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Malawi!
Posts: 6,295
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I've gone though a few different kinds of cloth napkins over the years. The ones I have now are Pioneer Woman ones from Walmart, and I love them. We tie ours to our seats to reuse for a couple of days until they get actually dirty, which keeps us from going through them so quickly... I couldn't imagine dirtying 21 cloth napkins a day!
__________________
Stacy here!
Enjoying my Complementarian marriage to Mr. Hutch since May 20, 2006 Blessed Mama of Miss H (16), Mr Big J (15), Miss T (14), Mr Little J (11), & Mr A (7) Missing three I will meet in Heaven (Feb 2012), (Apr 2016) & (Jun 2020) "Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people don't shoot their husbands, they just don't." -Legally Blonde |
The Following User Says Thank You to MrsHutch For This Useful Post: | SewingGreenMama (08-10-2020) |
08-10-2020, 11:58 AM | #14 | |
Rose Garden
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Seattle area
Posts: 21,260
|
Re: Cloth napkins
Quote:
Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
__________________
Wife to a wonderful DH for 19 years.
Momma to my 29 weeker Early Bird who is thirteen and my little Wiggle Worm born 33 weeks who is nine. How do I have a teenager?! I don't feel ready for this. |
|
The Following User Says Thank You to knitlove For This Useful Post: | SewingGreenMama (08-10-2020) |
08-10-2020, 03:02 PM | #15 |
Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 12,270
|
Re: Cloth napkins
I loved the flannel ones I had for a long time - they were handmade and I got them in a swap on here. We used them for unpaper towels as well, so they got more use than just napkins, but still lasted us about 7 years.
Now I have cotton/linen ones I bought for very little at the local thrift store. They're white, which isn't ideal, but I got like 30 for $1, so I can't complain. She is the one that goes through napkins here. I keep them in a basket on the counter and he uses them every time he washes his hands, so I do end up washing them all every other day. The kids well reuse theirs all day as long as they're not eating something with tomato sauce.
__________________
Christa Oldest, 22 Middlest, 13 Youngest, 10 |
The Following User Says Thank You to HuggaBuggaMommy For This Useful Post: | SewingGreenMama (08-10-2020) |
Bookmarks |
|
|
X vBulletin 3.8.3 Debug Information | |
---|---|
|
|
More Information | |
Template Usage:
Phrase Groups Available:
|
Included Files:
Hooks Called:
|