Holiday Tea Towels
I’ve been busy working away in my winter wonderland workshop! This year I have decided to gift tea towels using designs from my Christmas collections; Cozy Cabin Christmas and Retro Christmas Pop. I ordered linen cotton canvas fat-quarters from Spoonflower! They are the perfect size without needing to do crazy measurements.
Steps to making a tea towel:
Pre-wash the fabric in cold water and iron out wrinkles.
Trim off the excess border.
Press a 1/4” seam all around. I folded twice to prevent fraying and trimmed corners so they weren’t so bulky.
Add hanging loop. I tucked a piece of twill in the seams on one corner.
Sew seams! I used a double stitch to help it hold up to many washings!
Now that it’s December, I’m enjoying the fact that people aren’t telling me to turn off Christmas music! LOL. I usually wait until Thanksgiving, but it was so late in the month and I was trying to get into the holiday spirit while sewing tea towels, that I had to turn on a little country Christmas.
What are your favorite holiday tunes? You can email me here.
Making gifts for Christmas is one of my favorite activities. Through the entire process of planning, gathering and making, I am thinking about the person who will be receiving the gift. I know it takes time and sometimes it takes more money, but I really believe that adding a special touch of handmade to the holiday makes Christmas more special.
Do you make any holiday gifts? I’d love to hear about your handmade holidays here.