Embellish a Tea Towel
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Ashley Johnston of Make It and Love It shares how she ties colors together in her kitchen with a stripe of fabric sewn onto plain tea towels. This is an easy sewing project for gift-giving, such as for Mother's Day. Use holiday fabric for holiday tea towels. Use this tutorial to create a cute fabric yo-yo embellishment.
Materials
- Plain Cotton Tea Towel
- Colorful Fabric Scrap
- Coordinating Color for Fabric Yo-Yo
- Needle and thread
- Iron
- Sewing machine
Instructions:
My towel measured 18 x 28 inches. I decided that I wanted my strip to be 2 inches tall and to be as wide as the towel, 18 inches. I added 1/4 inch to all sides.......and cut out a strip of fabric that was 2.5 x 18.5 inches. Then, I tucked under each side a 1/4 inch and ironed it flat. Then, I pinned the strip about 2.5 inches from the bottom (just eye it and place it wherever you'd like) and sewed around the strip, very close to the folded edge.
Okay, and then I just had to add a yo-yo. Hey, it might get in the way while drying those dishes......but who cares? It's so darn cute on there.
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redaluma 1699816
Feb 24, 2011
Such a simple cute way to jazz up a tea towel. Prepared bias would be a good way to add interest along with a yo-yo& button in the middle.
irma77 4415112
Dec 18, 2010
Have You tried the plastic yoyo makers sold in the fabric and craft stores? I have and they're great! They explain the process very clearly and make it fast and fun. If you can't get to one cut a circle twice the size plus 1/4 inch and fold over the edge 1/4 inch and loosely stitch then pull theat raw edge to the inside until it pulls to the center on the other side.
dragongirl
Apr 24, 2010
The yo -yo is listed in sewing pages and now is in same list as this tea towel. here's the url for it httpwww.favecrafts.comHome-DecorHow-to-Make-a-Yo-Yo
mimi2
Apr 13, 2010
HI I can not find " how to make a yo yo for the tea towel. Can you please help me out? Marie Myziuk Myziuk@shaw.ca
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