Dish towel embroidery patterns free how to#

These towels are notorious for being wrinkly. Plus, flour sack towels are so inexpensive, you could make a ton of them! When I was done with the stitching, I ironed the towel to give it a nice clean look. You could realistically make anything you want, depending on your skills. I thought about using a brighter color, but loved this wheat color. I love the simplicity of it, and hanging on the counter or on my oven, it just looks sweet.

Dish towel embroidery patterns free how to#

Lets just say, hop onto Pinterest and you can find tons of helpful videos on simple stitches and how to make even more elaborate ones! This isnt a perfect embroidery job, but I really didn’t expect it to. I would make a stitch and then stitch further forward and come back through the edge of the first stitch. For this embroidered tea towel, I used a simple straight stitch that I double backed on. I wanted this to be more organic and found drawing it up myself was super easy. You could get any kind of design and use transfer paper to trace it. I used a pencil to freehand the design on the towel. I just looked up leaf designs, or embroidery designs. After doing some searching, I chose a simple leaf branch design I saw on Pinterest. I tend to shy away from things that are bold and very specific to a season. Being me, I wanted something simple and classic. The first thing I did was choose a design for my towel.

Embroidery hoop(my daughter had a small one I used).

How I made my DIY embroidered tea towels: I used: Listen, I just made it they way I thought I should. I feel like I kind of made this up as I went, not really sure if my stitches were the right kind or if I should have used something fancier. I would not say I am an expert by any means. But, some of those skills still live in the back of my brain.

Years ago I was really into embroidery and cross stitching. They are perfect for so many things including covering rising bread, absorbing water and they are my favorite to use for home decor in the kitchen. That thin cotton yarn and the looser weave make for a towel that’s extra absorbent. What is a flour sack towel?įlour sack dish towels are called “ flour sack” because they’re modeled after the thin woven cotton bags that flour and grains used to be packed in, which were re-used as towels. So, as I was putting my order away, I realized I had new white flour sack towels in my order! I absolutely love flour sack or tea towels in the kitchen. We had forgotten about it during our Covid experience. It had been sitting at the post office for about a week. Just by chance, I happened to get my Grove Collaborative order a couple days ago. Let me show you what I made! I really wanted to create some kind of spring decor for my home that would fit into my homes decor. I want to show you how I made some super easy embroidered tea towels perfect for spring. Hi friends! I am excited to share me most recent craft at Twelve On Main with you today! Funny enough this all happened by accident.