I was looking for a quick way to give my kitchen some Valentine's Day bling so I made some embellished tea towels.
I had everything I needed in my stash --tea towels ( from IKEA left over from another project), Heat N Bond Lite
To make the applique I drew hearts on the paper side of the Heat n' Bond lite. Next, iron it to the WRONG side of the fabric. (If appliqueing a letter or number it must be drawn in reverse on the paper.)
Cut out the hearts.
Peel the paper from the fabric hearts. There will be a layer of glue on the backs of the hearts.
Stack up the hearts and iron to the tea towel. Stitch around the edges. After washing the edges might start to fray. If this is not okay, go around the edges with Fray Check
Sew trim across the bottom of the towel.
Don't want to applique? Sewing a ribbon across the bottom of the towel is another simple way to dress it up.
If you want to learn more about applique check out this tutorial on simple monogram appliques. Reverse applique is another great technique that can be used to dress up a birthday crown.
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Nice kitchen towels and thank you for the idea!
Very cute! I love the pom pom trim!
A cor é maravilhosa!
Too cute! I might just have to snag your idea if you don’t mind?
This is why blogging is so awesome. You come up with wonderful, easy ideas and I think, “Oh, I would never have thought of that, but I can totally do that!” Thanks so much!
Very sweet! Now all this time I was searching for printed tea towels and found tons of plain ones and never thought about just embellishing them myself! duh!!!!
Very cute I can’t wait to make them.
So simple..but so beautiful..how do you get all this stuff done my friend…I am amazed..have a great day….
So cute! Thank you for sharing this idea.
Blessings,
Amy
Super cute. thanks for sharing this idea.
Cute. I tried making an applique once you have me excited to try it again.
VERY cute. I would buy it. (Not so crazy about doing crafts!)
Ooh that is cute! What a fun way to dress up a kitchen. Thanks so much for this, I’ll be linking.
Very cute and so appropriate for Valentines!
I bet you had fun making those! Just darling.
Very Cute!
Those towels are beautiful and would go well in my kitchen!
I just wanted to say that I also have those towels from Ikea and the waffle pattern on them really bunches up after washing and drying. The towel becomes very bumpy. Well at least mine do! just some FYI.
wonderful ideas…thanks for sharing…..will try
Wonderful idea for Valentines Day!Thanks for the idea.
I appliqued a shirt yesterday. It turned out great. Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration. I will post it on my blog soon and link back to your post. Thanks
Cute idea!
wow these are stunning!
Hmm dainty!
. Thank you for sharing