Canopy of Napkins

Today I thought I share a few notes about the little canopy I recently added to our four poster bed.  This is the bed that we got for $50 off of Craigslist - it pays to persevere!

I'd always wanted the romance of a four-poster with a bit of canopy.  I suppose I could've just draped some sort of curtain across, but I wanted something with a little more personality, so I used Sister's machine to sew together a napkin out of napkins - quite a la Ashley Ann.
 

Since high school, I've been something of a napkin/table linen collector, but certainly had more than I could really ever use. 

So I laid them out in a sort of patchwork pattern {dinner, tea, cocktail napkins with a couple tea towels thrown into the mix}, pinned them together, overlapping them so I could just sew across the top around each one  - very unprofessionally done, but all I wanted was for them to stay together.

And here's the finished piece.  I help secure it to the wood frame with a few pieces of Sticky Tack - such very useful stuff that is.

A little romance, a little personality, a little whimsy.

{Linking to Thrifty Decorating, Funky Junk Interiors,
Primp, & Tatertots & Jello}