Does anyone have any experience emb on napkins? It's a dense design that she wants, also I am not sure how it will look on the back. Ant suggestions?

enadutton, what a great job you did on your napkins. I love the designs. They are almost too pretty to use.

If you want the back to look as nice as the front of the napkin then use the same thread in the top and the bobbin.

Do you have any software that you could decrease the density of the design if you think it is too dense?

Test the design on a similar fabric or go to a goodwill store and see if you can find a few napkins of similar weight fabric.

Testing the design first will show you how the design stitches out on them and if you need the density adjusted

You could use a Tear Away or a Tear Away Wash Away.
You could use more than 1 layer if need be.

Hope this helps you.
EastWitch2

Yes I have embroidered dense designs on napkin corners, since my design was only four colors I made sure each bobbin was the same color as the top, this way they looked pretty on both sides. I also used a mesh tear-a-way. I made a tracing of the first one and then placed the tracing on the corner of the second napkin this way they all looked the same. Good Luck

I stitched napkins I got from Kohl that were heavier, I used a tear away stabilizer. It was fairly easy. I'm not sure I could do what Martine did, but you definitely need to practice before the actual ones. :)Terre

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Hi I have just made them it is beautiful, so if you want it let me know my e-mail is aubreyandena@msn.com

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by noah 02 Sep 2010

Aubrey,these are really really lovely:):)Carolyn

by kttyhwk4 02 Sep 2010

These are beautiful...great design and work too.

by eastwitch2 02 Sep 2010

Aubrey Your napkins are gorgeous.
Did you digitize the designs your self?
Really lovely

EastWitch2

by eastwitch2 02 Sep 2010

Aubreyand Ena
If you didn't digitze the design on the napkins could you tell us where the design vcame from?
I would love to have the designs.
EastWitch2

by enadutton 03 Sep 2010

They are called Elegant Napkin, I found it on www.oregonpatchworks.com the designer is Riani of Enigme Embroidery her e-mail is riani@enigmaembroidery.com and my name is Ena my husband is Aubrey

by eastwitch2 04 Sep 2010

Thank you Ena.
I thought I had seen them before somewhere.
I know the set you are talking about on OPW Mall.
You did a wonderful job stitching the napkins and they sure are pretty.

EastWitch2

I did 9 for my neighbour a fortnight ago. The napkins were a high quality cotton damask. The design was not to dense, but the satin stitch of the names might give an uneven result on the thin(ner) material. In that case I starch them first. Now I only used a single layer of stabiliser - a tear away. The back was fairly tidy, but due to the names the front was definitely the side to watch.

Make sure to do a test first. Success!

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by keeponsewing 02 Sep 2010

Martine those are beautiful.

by nama2 02 Sep 2010

thanks to all of you who took the time to answer me, some good suggestions, I have some thinking to do on them.