Do you mean it? You want to see my pretty linens? :::skips Snow White-ly into the kitchen:::
I've made napkins from an old bedsheet before--just cut the fabric to size, zigzagged around the edge (in red, so they'd match the dishes), and trimmed the excess. Those lasted for years--longer than the cat, actually. Sigh.
I bought our current set of 2 dozen napkins for our wedding back in January. I brought my Fiestaware collection for our guests to use, and I rented what I didn't have at home so we didn't need any single-use items. Just throwing that in because I'm proud of it and the picture is pretty.
Newlywed though I may be, I'm an experienced hausfrau. As such, I've got a collection of kitchen linens too! I bought some, I made some, I won a few in a church raffle, I knit them when I'm bored.... they just sort of come to my house and stay there. And then I make them work. :::supervillain laugh:::
For extra Instagram-worthiness, I've rolled up several napkins taquito style and put them in this container for ready use. It lives on the table or the counter, depending on where we put it last.
We'll usually leave napkins on the table for two or three uses. When they need to be changed out, I'll get one wet and wipe the table with it, then toss it in our regular laundry a few steps away in our bedroom. I wash all the kitchen linens, bathroom linens, and bed sheets together in hot cycle with Charlie's Soap. I pretreat with regular soap and/or add oxygen bleach if necessary.
