Leaf Napkin Rings

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate today! 

When I saw Bo @thesweetstitches post her Autumn Napkin Rings, I immediately thought it would be a fun project to do for our family Thanksgiving table. She shared a video that gave the basic technique, so I made up a sample. Not perfect, but good enough for me to move forward. If you guessed that free motion quilting isn't my first quilting language, who would be correct! But I was game to try.

On our next walk, I gathered a variety of leaves. Then I prepped a bunch of scraps and actually asked my granddaughter to help me with placing the fabric on the leaf shapes while she was here for lunch over the weekend. After she left, I finished up with the thread-stitching, placing the leaves on pieces of Pellon 71F | One-Sided Fusible Ultra Firm Stabilizer. The tutorial suggested firm felt, but I wasn't sure what that was, and had the Pellon on hand. Personally, I think it worked great - easy to sew through, but sturdy and easy to cut out after thread-stitching.

After the leaves were done, I just needed to cut a couple of toilet tissue rolls into quarters to make 1" rings, which I then hot-glued to the back of the leaves. Ta da!

Aren't they cute?! I'm super happy with them, and they inspired me to get the table set for the Thanksgiving meal pronto. Hopefully the family will enjoy them too, especially my granddaughter, who arranged all the fabrics.