The second hand stores I’ve visited so far in the south always have great floral patterned bedsheets from the 1970s and early 1980s. My friend Sarah used to buy up these sheets and resell them on etsy.com. Ever since thrifting with her, I’ve been unable to pass them up.

Last year, during the holiday season, I stopped blogging about my crafts because so many of them were gifts. This year, those who may receive gifts from me: be warned! I’m blogging it all!

These napkins come from a full sized fitted sheet. I was able to get 8 20×20 inch napkins out of the sheet. They are very soft, and 50/50 cotton/polyester. The recipient of this gift will never need 8 napkins at a time, but Tyrone and I like to have a few to re-use daily, and a few on hand for company.

These are easy to make, but seemed to take me much longer this time. Since I’ve started to sell some crafts, I often think about how much I would have to charge to sell similar crafts. With all of the straight-line cutting, ironing seams, and actual sewing, these took a couple of hours to make.

Target sells a set of four dinner napkinsfor $24.99. Lotta Jansdotter sells a linen set of 2 for $42! (on sale for $21). Etsy.com has a whole range of options, from hand-woven sets, to embroidered sets, to the single-rolled edge sets. Looks like $20 for four non-embroidered napkins is pretty standard if you are looking for a gift like this on etsy.com.

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