Here are the Holiday Gift Tutorials past and upcoming:
December 5th: Jeni from In Color Order
December 12th: Melissa from Happy Quilting Melissa
December 14th: Gentri from Little Lulu's Nest
December 19th: Erin from Why Not Sew?
Fabric Embellished Dish Towels
Hi, I'm Jeni! :) A big thank you to Heather and Megan for having me here today! I blog at In Color Order, about my sewing adventures, thrifting finds, and pet bunny George! I have been trying every holiday season to make as many gifts as I can, but my budget is still small! I picked up these plain dish towels on clearance last year and have been saving them for the right project! These embellished towels don't cost a lot of time or money but look awfully sweet!
This is a super quick, scrappy project, if you know the basics of using a sewing machine, you can make them! I'm showing you how to embellish towels three different ways, but the possibilities are endless! Here are the three we'll be making:
The Patchwork Towel
The Strip Towel
The Hexagon Towel
My towels are 18"x24", I added the fabric embellishment across the short edge. You can add or subtract patchwork or hexagons to accommodate your towels! If you're super ambitious you could make your own towels, linen ones would be especially lovely! The Purl Bee has a great Quick Dish Towel Tutorial! Now, let's get started!
Materials
- Fabric scraps
- Plain dish towels
- Coordinating thread
- 1" paper piecing hexagons (I print my own here, just put 1" in hexagon size)
- Water soluble pen (optional)
Seam Allowances: 1/4"
For the Strip Towel, Cut:
- (3) 1.5"x18.5" strips
For the Patchwork Towel, cut:
- (9) 2.5"x3.5" pieces
For the Hexagon Towel, cut:
- (11) 2.5" squares

1. Assemble your fabric into a strip.
For Patchwork: Sew together all 9 pieces into a long strip, along the 3.5" sides. Press.
For Strips: Sew together all 3 strips, along the long sides. Press.
For Hexagons: Create hexagons and stitch together in a long strip. For more on paper-piecing hexagons, I recommend this tutorial!


2. For Patchwork or Strip towels, turn under 1/4" on all four sides. My trick for making this easier, is to draw a line 1/2" from the edge with my water soluble pen, then fold the raw edge against that lines. Helps you get a straighter fold!
For Hexagons: Press your strip gently, then remove your basting threads and the papers. Press again.


3. Now it's time to pin your pieced fabrics to the bottom edge of the towel! Carefully topstitch around all the edges. For the hexagons especially, take advantage of the needle-down function on your machine so that you can pivot easily! :)

Voila, you're done! These would make a great holiday gift on their own or along with a cookbook or some cute spatulas/spoons!
Enjoy!
39 comments:
Wow - thank you for a fantastic idea! So simple and I haven't thought anything like that!
Have a wonderful Christmas time!
xxx Teje
A classic! I've been doing this for years!... but of course these have Jeni's special twist (and color sense!)
Great tutorial! I need new towels, I may just do this eventually, ya know after the holidays!
Soooo cute!!!!
These are sooo cute!! I love the different versions - what great gifts!
Yay! I was wondering about the best way to do this, and now I'm ready to make Christmas gifts with the towels I ordered, and my scrap bin of fabric! Thanks!
thanks for the easy gift makings !
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