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DIY Cloth Napkins for Pretty Tables

Learn how to make DIY cloth napkins with silk and cotton fabric. This beginner sewing project is reusable and washable for ...
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DIY Fabric Napkin Rings for Fall Tables

Learn to make these unique knotted napkin rings with gorgeous silk fat quarters. They are great scrap busters, and these would be great hostess gifts! Having cloth napkins and DIY ...
Sewing was as important as cooking in centuries past. The most valuable things in an 18th-century American home were linens, bedcovers and drapes. The wealthy could import fabrics from Europe. The ...
Sewing was an everyday activity for the 19th-century housewife. Often, a special table that held sewing supplies and needlework was kept near the living room. The sewing table became a special ...