By far my favorite meal to serve to friends is Tea. Morning or afternoon tea It doesn’t matter but I like getting out my nice teapot/s and tea cups and making a range of small nibbles to eat. So one day I made some small serviettes to go with my tea set. These serviettes are very easy to make and don’t take a lot of fabric. They are also easy to embellish to make them your own. you could add matching lace or ribbon around the edges or even some buttons or beads in the corners. I made 4 small square serviettes using 1 fat quart but if you have more fabric and want bigger ones you can use the same method on any size square or rectangular piece of fabric.
Makes 4 Small Serviettes:
1 Fat quart fabric, (54×46 cm)
Matching thread
Iron
Scissors
Sewing machine or needle
Ruler or card with cm measurements marked on it.
Iron flat your fabric. Fold then cut into quarters.
One edge at a time fold the edge in 1cm and iron flat. To do this I use a piece of card from the middle of a fat quart marked with 1 cm apart lines from 1 edge.
Unfold the edges and cut the corners off where the folds meet (pictured below). This will make your corners much neater and not to thick.
Fold each edge under itself and iron flat creating a rolled edge.
Stitch around the edge, keeping on the hems. If using a sewing machine, start at 1 corner stitch along the edge in the middle of the hem and just before you reach the edge stop the machine with the needle in the fabric.
lift the foot and turn your serviette so that it is in position to stich the next edge.
place the foot down then repeat until you come back to the first corner add a couple of back stiches before cutting your threads.
Cut of any excess threads. you can leave the serviette as is or add any embellishments you like at this point. (e.g. Lace or ribbon around the edge or beads, buttons, or embroidery to the corners.)
