This is a quick fun project that even a beginner can make! You will want to gather up the following supplies to make two tea towels:1/2 yard main fabric1/8 yard accent fabricThreadScissorsIronSewing MachineRotary cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutterPins or clipsTo construct one tea towel; from your main fabric cut the following:one - 18" x 21" rectangleone - 5" x 21"
read moreWhile we art quilters, or at least this one, would like to think all our work springs fresh from our creative minds, sometimes already made sources give us a head start. Like cheater cloth, fabric that mimics the look of patchwork but only needs quilting, I have used a tea towel and motifs from a bedsheet to do the heavy lifting for two of my current projects.
Because I follow Clare Youngs, a talented collagist and print maker, on Instagram, I learned she had designed a tea towel for Werkshoppe, a company that prints original artwork on products like puzzles ...
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| Following the pattern directions, I traced out the design onto the paper side of my fusible web and then ironed it onto the ... |
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| Following the pattern directions, I traced out the design onto the paper side of my fusible web and then ironed it onto the ... |
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| I first appliqued St. Patty on a tea towel... |
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| I gathered some left-over green fabric and made a cute ruffle for on the bottom of my towel... I then used some left over binding and used it to trim off the ruffle and make a tie at the top of the towel, (it's sorta ruffles too) I tied ... |
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| I first appliqued St. Patty on a tea towel... |
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| I gathered some left-over green fabric and made a cute ruffle for on the bottom of my towel... I then used some left over binding and used it to trim off the ruffle and make a tie at the top of the towel, (it's sorta ruffles too) I tied ... |
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| I Love snowmen! |
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| Here I have all my pieces layered onto my towel and ironed down. |
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| Typically, I use brown thread to applique around everything, but I wanted a softer look for my Valentine design. I matched up my fabric ... |
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| I Love snowmen! |
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| Here I have all my pieces layered onto my towel and ironed down. |
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| Typically, I use brown thread to applique around everything, but I wanted a softer look for my Valentine design. I matched up my fabric ... |
