Dress up your dinner table setting with DIY napkin rings! It’s quick and easy to make fabric napkin rings – and only takes a small bit of fabric!
Here is our step-by-step tutorial with photos to show you how easy it is to make napkin rings.
How to Sew a Fabric Napkin Ring
Learn how to make fabric napkin rings with our step-by-step directions.
This is a super easy project - that uses just a little bit of fabric and batting scraps. And, is quick, too!
Make napkin rings for holidays and special occasions.
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A great idea is to make each family member their own napkin ring from a favorite color or fabric design. When using cloth napkins, and resuing them at mealtime, you'll always know whose napkin is whose!
Materials
- Piece of fabric for the napkin ring cut to 9-inches x 5-inches
- Piece of batting cut 8-inches x 2-inches
- Thread for sewing
Tools
- Sewing machine
- Iron
- Pressing surface or ironing board
Instructions
- Cut your fabric piece 9 x 5 and batting 8 x 2. This is a great way to use up batting scraps. You can join batting scraps by zigzagging them together - that's what I did for this project!
- Center the batting along one of the long edges of the fabric on the WRONG side of the fabric with raw edges aligned.
- Sew along the edge with a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
- Press the seam allowance towards the fabric.
- Then, fold the batting up and press again, forming the finished folded edge.
- Next, fold and press 1/4-inch along the other long edge. It's easier to do the major pressing on this now - ask me how I know!
- Now we'll form a ring. With right sides together, bring the short sides together and match the raw edges. There should be about 1/2-inch from the edge of the fabric to the edge of the batting. Sew right along the edge of the batting, with a 1/2-inch seam allowance. When you get to the end, open the folded edge you just pressed.
- Press the seam open.
- And, press the fold along the long edge again.
- Fold the pressed edge down to match the folded edge with batting to make a napkin ring. The folded edges should be aligned.
- Topstitch along the open edge with the two folded edges.
- Turn and topstitch the other edge.
- And, you have finished a fabric napkin ring!
Tips and ideas for making fabric napkin rings
If you make a table runner and have a little bit of fabric left, make matching napkin rings! Different napkins and plates will make the table settings unique.
Have fun with different colors of napkin rings for different holidays. Or use seasonal fabrics for a festive look!
Make napkin rings for a special event. Place them in the center of the plate with a napkin to make a focal point on your table!
Decorating on a budget is easy when you make your table linens. You can pick up vintage linen tablecloths at estate sales or resale shops and cut them up to make napkins. Find fun prints to make placemats, table runners, and napkin rings!
Have fun with vibrant colors for a festive dining table decor! Dress up your plain napkins!
And, yes, you can use paper napkins with your napkin holder rings! Whatever works for your event and table design!
The best part? They take up less space to store than metal napkin rings, crystal or acrylic napkin rings. It’s easy to make unique napkin rings with fabric!
Learn how to make linen table napkins with heirloom stitching (super easy!).
