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Looking for an easy DIY no sew apron? I will show you in this tutorial how to upcycle cloth dinner napkins into cute and functional aprons.
Not only is this dinner napkin apron nice to look at, but it is also incredibly budget-friendly.
Crafter level = Beginner.
Estimated time to make = 30 minutes or less.
I absolutely love aprons and collecting them. I have both modern, vintage, and my own handmade items in my growing collection.
Each one represents a special season of life or a place I visited. They all hold memories of the journey to get the apron and the homemaking that followed using the said apron.
My heart smiles with the glance of each one. This new season of my life will be fondly remembered by this napkin apron.
Browsing the isles at my favorite thrift store I saw some thick dinner napkins that caught my eye. At a dollar for all of them, it was truly a price I couldn’t beat.
I have wanted a new apron, and it dawned on me why not make these into one?
Supplies Needed
- Thick large dinner napkins (just 2 unless you need a larger size)
- Heat n Bond Hem Tape (link to Amazon)
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Scissors
- Ribbon (use a thick cloth ribbon)
- Applique (optional)
Step one
Wash and Iron your dinner napkins.
Step two
Iron the dinner napkins together.
First I want to show you what shape you should have with two napkins before we iron them together so that you get the idea. Open one large napkin. Then fold the second one into a triangle once and place at top.
Do not worry that it looks uneven yet. We will be folding the edge of the triangles over to create an even edge later.
Now we need our Heat n Bond tape.
Start first with the upper top portion of your apron, the triangle. Open it and cut the tape to bond together to the inner two sides.