For week 1 in the So You Think You’re Crafty challenge, I created this party garland out of cocktail napkins. The challenge theme was, In the Kitchen. Honestly, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make. I didn’t really need anything for my kitchen, so I opted not to build. I thought about a recipe, but decided nah on that. What I ended up doing was, grabbing a bunch of cocktail napkins out of my kitchen cabinet and turning them into this cool party garland!
Things you’ll need:
Cocktail napkins in various patterns and colors.
Sewing machine or needle and thread.
If you are using a sewing machine, adjust your stitch length and tension settings. If you have a gathering foot, attach it now. Place your first napkin under the foot, with the open side facing towards you. Start gathering the napkin and insert your next one inside the previous napkin…a few stitches before the start of the new one. That sounds like a mouthful, but say it a few times and you’ll get what I’m saying. Now, if you don’t have a sewing machine you can gather the old fashioned way with a needle and thread. Of course it will take longer, but definitely still doable. If you did this by hand, don’t worry about the previous step I just mentioned. Simply, do a series of needle up, needle down through the napkin in order to make a gather. 
Keep sewing to your desired length or until you have a string of goodness like this…
Hang up and marvel at your cocktail napkin masterpiece! And if a guest asks for a napkin, you can just be all like, Duh.