Learn how to sew your own kitchen towels. These hand-sewn products will appeal to housewives who like their home to be decorated in an original way.
No housewife can do without oven mitts and towels in the kitchen. Keeping your hands clean is important, but that's not the only function they serve. Towels also play a big role in the decor of the room. The room will look much more cheerful if you sew such napkins with your own hands from a suitable fabric with different decorations in the form of ribbons, embroidery, appliqué, patches with bright patterns.
How to sew a beautiful kitchen towel with your own hands as a gift for beginners: ideas, photos
In fact, sewing a towel is not such a difficult job. For the process you will need everything: imagination, material, threads, scissors, machine, needle. If you want it to look different than usual, then you can embroider a real work of art using different colored threads on a regular waffle base or linen fabric.
Even such scraps of colored material, as in the image below in the form of an applique and lush frills at the bottom of the towel, will decorate your kitchen with a festive atmosphere for the New Year.
DIY towel
In almost any home in the closet you can find an old dress made of cotton fabric, which a fashionista will no longer wear, and maybe also pieces of braid and lace. This material will make a towel, and more than one, which can be sewn in the form of a fluffy sundress, as in the photo below.
Kitchen towels made of colored fabric
Instructions for sewing a regular kitchen towel:
- Take the material. Cut out a regular rectangle measuring 62 by 32, leaving two centimeters for hems.
- To get a perfect edge, iron the edges of the product (5 mm twice on each side).
- Secure the folds with needles and stitch the edges using a sewing machine.
- If you don’t want to waste time on hems, then sew the edges with a zigzag.
Kitchen towels with ready-made applique
Decorating an ordinary towel
So, we have threads, a hook and ready-made colored fabric inserts. With just this set you can give ready-made towels clear and bright outlines and unique originality.
Everything is quite simple here:
- Decorate with appliqués;
- And we crochet it around the perimeter.
Cute bells
Advice! In order for the knitted edging to remain juicy and colorful for a long time, it is necessary to check whether the threads will fade when washed in hot water.
However, you should not focus only on the usual rectangular shape. Add a little imagination, just a little skill, and you will no longer be tormented by the question of how to sew a kitchen towel yourself.
Read also the article about kitchen towels.
What fabric are kitchen towels made from?
Potholders and towels are in use all the time in the kitchen and that is why they quickly become unusable. Ordinary rags do not look as attractive as products sewn with love. Before you start cutting towels, you should decide on the material. The fabric should absorb moisture well and wipe dirty surfaces well.
Fabric for kitchen towels
For towels, the most commonly used material is waffle material , which is made from 100% cotton. Thanks to the small squares that are located throughout the material, its hygroscopicity improves.
To ensure that the towel washes well, use terry material . Only fabric with low pile will be convenient for sewing. You can decorate towels made from this base with an insert of another material or with embroidery or applique.
Terry towels
If you prefer bright colors, patterns and textures, then choose chintz and linen for towels. Natural fabrics are good for wiping hands and putting things in order in a room.
IMPORTANT : To make sure your towels don’t look like others, trim them with edge tape, make lush ruffles or stitch lace, and smooth the finished appliqués.
From a pillowcase
You can make 2 or 4 even rectangles from a pillowcase. It's even easier than using a sheet. You need to cut off the buttons or fastener, cut each pillowcase in half or into 4-6 parts. Some housewives decorate napkins with decorative braid and sew on loops. The design is up to your taste.
By the way, if you have an old linen pillowcase, don’t throw it away. Linen lasts a very long time and is not afraid of washing and ironing. In Soviet times, women always ironed even kitchen towels: it was believed that it was such little things that indicated that a tidy housewife lived in the house.
What size are kitchen towels made?
A good housewife always has a lot of oven mitts and different towels in her kitchen. And if a woman is also a needlewoman, then almost all of her things are sewn with her own hands. Moreover, for this you only need a piece of fabric and a pattern is not necessary. After all, this practical item can be made in the form of an ordinary rectangle. There are different sizes. The most convenient towel for hands or for hot pots and pans is a cloth measuring 40 cm by 70 cm or 60 cm by 30 cm .
If there is not so much material or you are sewing a product from the remnants of old clothes, then the size of the fabric can be adjusted. Don't forget to leave one centimeter at a time to decorate the edge of the finished product.
Kitchen towel - how to sew?
Towel options
- Round or oval shape. This may not be entirely practical, but such products will fit perfectly into the kitchen interior. Especially in the one where there are not enough rounded elements in the decor.
- A set of several towels that are fastened together with buttons. If we wind them into a roll, we get something like paper towels, which is quite convenient - we unwind them, use them, and wash them. Hygienic, original and practical.
Good idea - towels with buttons
Advice! It is better to choose buttons in this version from plastic - since iron ones are not practical with frequent washing.
- In the form of a doll. Quite an original solution, where the doll’s dress acts as a towel. It is best to make several of these outfits in advance and change them according to the seasons and holidays. And it’s not difficult to attach it - using buttons. In addition, this is a wonderful gift, and the price will be minimal.
- On a cartoon theme. Such a plot will help instill cleanliness in a little child. And your child will become a frequent guest and helper in the kitchen.
Do I need to fold the edges of kitchen towels?
The shape of the finished towel may vary. For convenience, women sew such products with loops or “purses” with a clasp at the top, on which an unusual towel is hung. The edge of the canvas can be folded (twice), then stitched so that it does not fray. You can simply cover it with a special tape for finishing the edges. The bottom, top and sides of the product are also trimmed with a zigzag or trimmed with other fabric in the form of ruffles, frills, etc.
How to process the edges of a towel?
When processing the edges, so that the corners do not turn out too thick, it is advisable to cut off small pieces of fabric in these places with scissors, then all the folds will come out extremely neat.
If you decide to trim the edge with a special ribbon for this type of work, then choose the color of the ribbon to match the towel itself. Then everything will be in harmony.
Sewing a towel from terry cloth: ideas
Terry cloth does not get dirty so quickly and is perfect for kitchen work. Having chosen a fabric for sewing a product in the store, do not immediately forget to buy threads, and maybe some other auxiliary materials: appliqués, ribbons, other fabric, braid, buttons for decoration.
Terry towel with embroidery
The towel can be any shape - even an oval. The main thing is that you feel comfortable using it. The edges of the towel look beautiful when they are crocheted in different openwork patterns. Also, the edges are made in the form of small bells from ordinary threads, etc.
Embroidery on terry cloth looks wonderful. It is enough to choose the right image, threads that do not fade and embroider the product with high quality without flaws. Try to ensure that your embroidery is the same on both the front and back sides.
Terry towels for the kitchen
When you decide to make convenient loops so that the towel can be hung on a hook, stove handle or in another place, use ribbons, pieces of fabric, laces, strings, buttons, snaps.
IMPORTANT : Terry fabric can contain not only natural fibers, but also synthetic ones. Thanks to this, towels made from this fabric will have an increased service life.
From a T-shirt
A good opportunity to finally get rid of those boring T-shirts and T-shirts, freeing up space in your closet. Soft materials make the best rags and towels for cleaning; they are convenient for wiping dishes. Lightweight cotton materials absorb water well.
Cut off the sleeves and neck of the T-shirt. Cut randomly, hem the edge. The latter is done so that the edge of the material does not crumble and the item lasts longer.
It is best to use T-shirts without bulky details. If you put something hot on such a napkin, they may be imprinted on the bottom of the hot dish or on the table.
How to sew a waffle matryoshka kitchen towel: patterns, photos
To decorate your home, you can make your own Matryoshka doll from a waffle towel and other auxiliary materials. To do this you will need to make a dress pattern. This pattern is shown in the figure below.
Dress for Matryoshka
You can also use the head, torso and arms of an old doll as material. The dress, made from waffle fabric, ribbons, and chintz inserts, should be the size of your doll.
Matryoshka made of chintz fabric
How to sew a dress?
- Transfer the pattern details onto the fabric, taking into account the seam allowances of the dress.
- Use the fabric rationally, cut out the details of the dress using scissors exactly along the lines.
- There should be five parts in total: two sleeves, two skirt parts and one part with a folded back and front.
- All that remains is to sew the cut details, overcast them, decorate them with beautiful embroidery or stripes, and tuck the bottom of the dress so that it does not fray.
From the tablecloth
A waste fabric or cotton tablecloth will make 10-15 excellent kitchen towels. They look great made from country materials (large checkered). Tablecloth napkins are even suitable for decorative purposes and will be an excellent decoration for the kitchen. If the material is cotton, then it can make a beautiful stand for hot dishes.
- Author: Rada Pakhomova
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How to sew an interesting kitchen towel in the form of dresses: ideas, sizes, patterns
Sundress-shaped towels and dresses are sewn without a pattern. At the top they make a yoke in the form of a rectangle from one fabric, for example calico, denim or any other.
At the bottom, it is enough to make a fluffy skirt from a rectangle, tightening it with a ribbon, as in the picture below. Then sew this skirt to the top of the product.
To make the towel convenient to use, make a loop at the top where you can hang it on a hook. Or you can make the top part of the sundress from two parts that fasten like a wallet.
Towel in the form of a sundress
You can decorate the most ordinary towel with embroidery, as in the image below.
Beautiful towel in the form of a summer dress
As you can see, you can decorate a room even with simple things like towels. It will be very pleasant to walk into such a cozy kitchen, where even the oven mitts match the overall interior and delight the eye with their splendor.
From the curtain
If the cat has torn the curtain with its claws, cut off the lace details, sew on a loop - and another useful item is ready. Or you ironed a curtain and set it on fire with an iron - cut out the damaged part, cut it, and hem it. You will get stylish kitchen accessories.
For comparison, at IKEA such things cost 100-200 rubles apiece. Microfiber products are even more expensive.
