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Adding tassels to
a vintage napkin is

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a great way to infuse
a modern design element

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onto an existing piece of cloth.

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These are actually
vintage handkerchiefs,

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but they work great
for napkins, as well.

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Using our small tassels that Jillian
showed you how to make earlier,

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we're going to attach, in the
same ombre color palette, one

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to each corner of our napkin.

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What's great about
this particular project

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is that you can make your
tassels ahead, months in advance

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if you want, and then attach them
to the napkin as you have time.

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Attaching the tassels to the
vintage handkerchief is super easy.

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I'm certainly not a
seamstress, but as long

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as you have general command
of a needle and thread,

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you'll be totally fine.

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I have a needle and
thread ready here.

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I've doubled over the thread, so
it's just a little bit stronger,

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as you can see there's two.

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I've tied a knot at the end.

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So we're already to go.

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So we're going to add to one
color to each corner-- this is

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enough tassels for two--
starting with any color you like,

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it doesn't really matter.

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Find a corner, pass the needle
through the very corner of the

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napkin, from the bottom side up.

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So you're set.

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You can see there's a little
knot on top of the tassel,

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and I like to generally thread
the needle underneath that knot,

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so it has a nice secure
footing on the tassel.

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So we're just going to
follow this same procedure

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a few times, until the tassel is
securely attached to the thread.

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So we've gone through
once, now we're

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just going to loop back around.

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And you make a little circle,
I guess, for lack of better

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description, with your thread.

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So up through the bottom
of the napkin corner.

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And if you're nice and slow
it tends to not get tangled.

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And down through and under
the knot of the tassel.

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There's lots of moving parts here.

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And then one more time, we'll do
one last pass through the napkin.

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And then back through the tassel.

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You can always trim
this extra thread first,

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so it doesn't get in the way.

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Though, I tend to wait till the end.

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I actually like to finish
with one final pass just back

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through the napkin, so you tie
in the back in the same place

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the first know is.

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It kind of goes out of order of the
whole circle you've been making,

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but for the purposes of this
project, it works out totally fine.

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Make sure the tail
doesn't get stuck.

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Pull it through, and then we're
going to tie a double know.

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So this is just a
quick little double.

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Two, and trim.

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You can trim pretty
close, you just want

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to try to hide those little ends.

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And there you have--
one tassel attached.

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You're going to repeat this step
with your remaining three tassels.

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You can vary your color choice.

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I'm going to continue with the ombre
palette we used in the cake topper,

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but you're-- plenty of options.

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If you prefer to do all
of one color on one napkin

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and then change to another color for
the other napkins, that works, too.

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You sew the next three tassels
on in exactly the same way.

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You can choose your color palette.

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We're going to stick
with the ombre palette

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we used for the cake topper, but
of course the option is yours.

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So for the next tassel, we're
going to go the same way.

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Again up through the bottom
corner of the napkin,

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grab the little topknot
of the tassel-- sometimes

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they're a little
stiffer than others.

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There we go.

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And this is, you can see, you can
actually, if you're very handy,

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pass it through both at once,
if you get the right angle.

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One, two-- two-- and three.

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And then just cheat and pass the
thread down through the napkin, the

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opposite direction, to tie it off.

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So I'm going to lay this guy
down, because it's just easier.

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Two knots-- and it helps
if you just hold your thumb

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right on top of where
you're forming the knot,

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so it stays nice and tight.

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Quick clip.

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Attach two more tassels, one of
each of your remaining colors,

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and this napkin is done.

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As you can see, they're super
duper cute once they're folded.

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They would make even an
awesome hostess gift,

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if you don't have it
in you to make enough

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for a large wedding or a party.

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And, you know, this
is just one example

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of attaching tassels to fabric.

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We've seen beautiful inspiration
of a whole table runner

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with tassels running down the sides.

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Also a pillow could be great.

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I mean there's truly
endless variations,

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once you learn to attach
a simple tassel to fabric

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using a needle and thread.