I just made another set of placemats and napkins for my younger daughter to use at her Montessori school. She is starting to have lunch at school and on her way to becoming an “afternoon child”, so she’ll stay in the afternoons and do some more serious learning. This is a big step for her!
Anyway, since I made some more of these, I thought I’d share again. This is such a simple project and a great one for beginners. You can use the same instructions for adult-sized placemats and napkins as well. I think it would also be nice to sew in some ribbon or twill tape to tie the placemat into a roll. And these are reversible! This time I made my version a bit larger from the original instructions, which really make some pint-sized linens. I used 16″x16″ uncut dimensions for the napkins and 12″x16″ uncut dimensions for the placemats. This turned out to be just the right size. You can find the instructions here from my post last year.
I made the placemats pictured above with some cute kokka fabrics (deer and pandas) with a gingham and a stripe on the reverse side.
How fun! I love the fabrics you chose.
Beautiful fabrics! I always love dropping by your blog
I love that we, my husband 3 and 5 yr old eat with placemats and clothe napkins. Setting the table the other day my brother who was over said there were enough placemats, well except for my daughter because he figured she wouldn’t care. My response was how will she learn? My son also packs a clothe napkin in his lunch bag – something he prefers! thanks for the pattern!
Way to be Green!!
Thank you for the tutorial. I have just re-organized the craft room and this project will eat up a bunch of the small pieces of fabric that I found that I have accumulated. Yippee!
Beautiful Idea! It’s a great way to get the kidlets involved by choosing their favorite fabric for one side. And I have some really cute Alice in Wonderland canvas. It was used as a table runner for my 3 yo daughter’s b’day party. This project is simply calling for that material! It will work perfectly on my small toddler table.
Thanks for all your wonderful project ideas!
Too cute! I love those patterns. I think she’ll definitely be showing up for lunch in style 😀
Thanks for the tutorial! I promised to make 30 (!) coasters (much like the napkins) for my daughters Montessori school (to put their flower pots on). Your placemats are lovely with those fabrics!