Make Your Own Kitchen Towels

You have a lovely tea towel for considerably less than what it would cost to buy them pre made.

Make your own kitchen towels. The fabrics pictured here run between 5. The edges are finished with selvages so you just have to sew up either end and voilà. And then there is the waste problem. Follow these simple step by step instructions to create your own no sew kitchen towel face mask.

At least six towels can be created from 1 yard of 45 inch cotton fabric usually costing less than 5. You will need your sewing machine for this one but you can use old and unused dishtowels as the basis for these. As i mentioned above the textile industry is the second highest polluter of any industry increasing greenhouse gas emissions polluting fresh water ways and increasing pesticide and herbicide use. Choose from an array of colors such as teal grey purple and so many more.

Fold over 1 4 3 8 hem on each edge of the tea towel. Tired of walking into your kitchen to find your favorite dishtowel in a heap on the floor. My kitchen towels were approx. Get rid of that annoyance with these awesome stay put dish towels from all free sewing.

I absolutely love this idea and your. Your post has been an inspiration for me to make a set of my own. Cut a 4 5 piece of the grosgrain ribbon and tuck it under the hem in one corner on a. I was pretty happy to spot these bolts of 100 cotton tea towel fabric at my local fabric store.

The fabric comes in classic stripes and checks as well as vintage patterns according to the fabric depot website a typical tea towel takes 3 4 of a yard to make one towel. Thank you for such a great idea. Lay a clean 100 cotton kitchen towel on a clean sanitized surface. Give your fabric a good ironing to make sure it is nice and flat.

Create your very own personalized kitchen towel. Fold the bottom 1 3 of the kitchen towel up. Fold the top 1 3 of the kitchen towel down so that the ends meet and the towel is 1 3 of its original width. Lay the towel flat.

Fold the 1 yard piece of fabric in half with the right side toward you. Upload fun images cool designs and inspirational text and there you have it your very own customized kitchen cloth. Your good green efforts can make a more positive impact if you make your own unpaper towels from upcycled textiles rather than by buying new cloth towels. To my surprise the unpaper towels work really well i would say better than the paper.

Keep in mind though that the bigger you go the more likely the cotton will gape away from the towelling on use so you d need to sew across the fabric if it was much bigger. It makes the diy project a bit easier to already have the framework ready to go. Lay rickrack trim across. Use 2 hair elastics or rubber bands and loop around each end of the kitchen towel placing them about 7 inches from either end.

I have achieved a set of towels and have thoroughly enjoyed using them instead of using the real thing paper towels. Fold and iron a 1 4 inch hem on each short end of the strip and pin the strip across the width of the towel. Choose fabric colors that match your kitchen and embellish them with embroidery ribbon appliques or other washable trim to add your own special touch. I love using a seam gauge to make quick.

Just remember to add yourself a seam allowance all the way around so finished mine are 18cm x 23cm. Decorating the towel step 1. 20x25cm to cut out but you can make yours bigger or smaller as you prefer.