Embellish a Tea Towel

By: Ashley Johnston of Make It and Love It

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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.

Embellished Tea Towel

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.

Embellished Tea Towel 2

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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.

Member 14523

Apr 27, 2010

The links in the project have been fixed. Sorry for mix-up!

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