How to embroider napkins - Step by step and ideas

Learn to embroider fantastic napkins

Do you want to learn to embroider napkins? The embroidered napkins They give a very special and personalized touch to your home. Choose your design and start embroidering them now!

First of all, you can buy cloth or linen napkins. If you want your embroidery to stand out, be sure to choose napkins that don't have any other designs on the fabric. Light colored napkins look good with dark threads, dark colored napkins look good embroidered with light threads.

To start embroidering the napkins, select a needle and thread. Cotton embroidery thread is very good for embroidering them.

Also, you need an embroidery hoop which is a very important tool when it comes to embroidering napkins. The hoop keeps the napkin flat and taut, so the embroidery is even. There are different sizes of racks, so it is important that it fits your design and the size of the napkin.

Embroider napkins step by step

Then it is time to choose the design to embroider the napkins. It is different if the napkins are for gifts or for decorating parties. If you don't feel inspired, you can ask a question on the Internet or in magazines. But, don't forget about your skill level. You can draw or print your design on paper, the same size you want the embroidery.

Next, trace the design with transfer paper. Place the charcoal transfer on top of the napkin, then the design on top. With a pencil, trace the design onto the plain paper without moving the papers. This action will press the design onto the transfer paper, which will transfer it to the fabric.

Place the napkin in the embroidery hoop with no ripples on the fabric that needs to be held taut, with the design inside the hoop.

Thread the needle. taking the embroidery thread and passing the end through the eye of the needle. It's important that you get a couple of inches of thread through so it doesn't come off too easily as you work.
Tie a knot at the end of your thread so it doesn't slip all the way through the fabric.

Select the points you want to use. It's time to start embroidering the design on the napkin with the needle on the back of the napkin for the beginning of the design. Then, thread the thread through the entire fabric to the knot.

Next, withdraw the needle through the fabric and half a centimeter from where it came out you can pass it in the opposite direction. And that's it, you have your first pang!

Continue stitching the rest of the design until you have completed the entire design.

To finish, tie a knot at the end of the embroidery and with your embroidery scissors, trim off any excess thread.

Ideas to inspire you

Right away, we present very interesting ideas to embroider beautiful napkins.

Also, you can see other designs, here.

Get inspired and good job!