If you’re looking for an easy-to-do hanging hand towel sewing project, then this tutorial is for you! I’ve provided you a quick, clear step-by-step video tutorial that’ll teach you how to sew a kitchen hand towel! You can also use this tutorial to upcycle your not-so old tea towels too, and come up with several pieces for your kitchen or bathroom. It’ll definitely save you a few bucks than buying ready-made kitchen hand towels. Hang on as you explore into this blog post!
How to Make a Hanging Hand Towel for your Kitchen
Learn Sewing A Hanging Hand Towel Quickly Through This Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial
What You’ll Need To Make Hanging Hand Towel:
- 9″ x 12″ front fabric
- 9″ x 12″ backing fabric
- 9″ x 12″ batting
- 1 kitchen towel
- 1 inch Button
Tools:
- scissors
- straight pins
- matching thread
- sewing machine
Step 1. Cut the Kitchen Towel
Take your kitchen towel, open it along the long side and cut the towel in half.
Step 2. Fold and Sew Your Fabric
Step 3. Trace the Pattern on a Tracer Paper, Pin and Cut!
Take the two fabrics. Put the two fabrics right sides together on top of the batting and place your template on top. Download the free template here. Put some pins in. You wanna make sure that your batting and your fabrics are slightly outside your template on all side. Cut all the way around the template.
Step 4. Sew and Cut the Corners
Stitch a quarter inch around your template leaving the opening open. Back stitch from where you start and where you end. Cut a little triangle off right before your stitching as it’ll help reduce bulk. When you turn it inside out it will look better. Cut a diagonal line on the inner corner.
Step 5. Measure and Fold
Measure 5/8 of an inch and fold both sides. Just press with your iron.
Step 6. Have Your Tea Towel Ready (the One That You’ve Sewn Previously on Step 2)
Using your top as a guide, fold the towel over and create some pleats. Measure 1 inch down on the towel and stuff this on the top and make sure you have about one inch in. Then take your towel and stitch all around the edge approximately a quarter inch in .
Step 7. Place Your Button and Make a Button Hole
Hang It on Your Oven or Refrigerator.
Want to see how it is made? Then, Watch this video tutorial from Fat Quarter Shop:
How would you like making your own? It’s so easy and enjoyable to make! Select fun fabrics with your good choice of color to produce adorable hanging hand towels. In fact, you can customize your hand towel depending on the season and occasion like Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Spring. Also, you can embellish your towels in different ways then hang it in different places.
Don’t forget to let me know how this sewing project went with you by leaving a comment down below.
Interested in learning more sewing projects tutorials? Check out these 17 Sewing Projects That Are Good Enough To Sell At Your Next Craft Show.
Is there a way to print without all the ads?
I also want to know how to print out with all the ads. Paper and ink is expensive.
Tutorial doesn’t specify the size of the towel. Did I miss something? Thanks.
I will be making these to give as gifts to volunteers with Baby Gowns For Eternity. We dress babies for Heaven when they pass before, during or soon after birth. We give our gowns to the families at NO COST. We have many volunteers and a way we can say thank you is a little token of these hand towels. I will use velcro for the closure instead of a button. Thank you for the pattern and great tutorial.
Dana: what a blessed lady you and people who are doing this. Such a wonderful thing to do.
Pricilla: I wish the ads would be limited, however, they pay the bills. And don’t you love when a site says to go to a site for a specific reason, and reason or photos not there.
Loved this site. So many ideas, should keep me busy until I am 82 and ready for the home.
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You can print without the ads if you use your “snip tool” on your computer. It almost like copy and paste but a lot easier. You can search for it on your computer.