Ric Rac Napkins
I’m a huge fan of red, white and blue any day of the year, but July 4th is really this palette’s time to shine! The mix of warm red and cool blue is such a striking combination: bold, primary, and...
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Maybe it is the nature of summer that hardly a week goes by without finding an excuse to celebrate! Birthdays, engagements, baby showers, weddings… so many joyous occasions. During these balmy months,...
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Since 2006 it’s been my Thanksgiving tradition to design a festive set of dinner napkins. (Browse the archive here!) The inspiration for this year’s napkins came from an unlikely place: 35,000 feet in...
View ArticleRunning Stitch Napkins
I love Thanksgiving traditions! Every year I need to turn on the parade and the dog show for background ambience as I make my requisite three pies (pumpkin, apple, and a chocolate truffle tart). And...
View ArticleSpringtime Running Stitch Napkins
After the darkness of winter, Easter and Passover come at just the right time for a springtime celebration! With the promise of warmth and friends and family around the table, everything feels...
View ArticleFringed Chambray Napkins
In the sewing room, raw fabric edges usually sound an alarm, and much of my sewing time is spent finding ways to hide unruly edges. I tuck them neatly into hems, enclose them in French seams and keep...
View ArticleFaux Hemstitch Napkins
Even though Christmas decorations were on display at my local drugstore long before Halloween, it is actually Thanksgiving that is the official start of the holiday season. But while I may be a...
View ArticlePieced Napkins
Studies have shown that the human brain is naturally drawn to groups of three. Groups of two suggest conflict (yes or no; black or white), and four or more start to veer toward chaos, but three is just...
View ArticleFringed Napkins in Linen Grid
Like an object of scientific study, as you pull threads for fringe, the fabric’s structure slowly reveals itself. And making Fringed Napkins in Purl Soho’s new yarn-dyed Linen Grid is an especially...
View ArticleClassic Mitered Corner Napkins
A mitered corner is an elegant finishing touch, a crisp fold that tucks a hemmed corner in an engineering feat of beauty. There are lots of ways to create a mitered corner, but our Classic Mitered...
View ArticleClassic Mitered Corner Napkins in Early Spring Bundle
The winter holiday season may get all the attention, but to me, the arrival of spring is the biggest celebration of the year! Our new Early Spring Handkerchief Linen Bundle is as perfect a vernal color...
View ArticleFringed Napkins in Watercolor Linen
As different colors of thread crisscross Purl Soho’s Watercolor Linen, they create a nuanced field of color that is hard to pinpoint but easy to admire. And when our Fringed Napkins expose these...
View ArticleButtonhole Napkins
Since 2006 it’s been my Thanksgiving tradition to design a festive set of dinner napkins. (Browse the archive here!) The inspiration for this year’s napkins came from an unlikely place: 35,000 feet in...
View ArticleRunning Stitch Napkins
I love Thanksgiving traditions! Every year I need to turn on the parade and the dog show for background ambience as I make my requisite three pies (pumpkin, apple, and a chocolate truffle tart). And...
View ArticleSpringtime Running Stitch Napkins
After the darkness of winter, Easter and Passover come at just the right time for a springtime celebration! With the promise of warmth and friends and family around the table, everything feels...
View ArticleFringed Chambray Napkins
In the sewing room, raw fabric edges usually sound an alarm, and much of my sewing time is spent finding ways to hide unruly edges. I tuck them neatly into hems, enclose them in French seams and keep...
View ArticleFaux Hemstitch Napkins
Even though Christmas decorations were on display at my local drugstore long before Halloween, it is actually Thanksgiving that is the official start of the holiday season. But while I may be a...
View ArticlePieced Napkins
Studies have shown that the human brain is naturally drawn to groups of three. Groups of two suggest conflict (yes or no; black or white), and four or more start to veer toward chaos, but three is just...
View ArticleFringed Napkins in Linen Grid
Like an object of scientific study, as you pull threads for fringe, the fabric’s structure slowly reveals itself. And making Fringed Napkins in Purl Soho’s new yarn-dyed Linen Grid is an especially...
View ArticleClassic Mitered Corner Napkins
A mitered corner is an elegant finishing touch, a crisp fold that tucks a hemmed corner in an engineering feat of beauty. There are lots of ways to create a mitered corner, but our Classic Mitered...
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