Last Minute Christmas Gift Hanging Dish Towels
Copyright 2008 Sewing Expressions LLC. This project may be freely shared, but may not be sold or used for profit. The instructions included herein, may not be copied in any part, either printed or digital, for profit. If used in a classroom setting, the instructions must be distributed to each student in its' entirety and unedited from its' original format/layout.
Need a quick last minute holiday hostess gift? These are so quick, you'll want to stitch up bunches for yourself & friends! You can never have enough towels handy in the kitchen or bath. A quick, easy project just perfect for gift-giving, bazaars and craft fairs.Supplies
- Fabric scraps large enough to cut 2 pattern pieces
- Sewing Thread
- Pattern
- Light to medium-weight fusible interfacing large enough to cut 2 pattern pieces
- Standard Dish Towel
- 1/2" - 3/4" button (1 for each towel you will construct)
Directions
- Cut towel in half across the narrow width, leaving both ends uncut. The uncut ends become the finished bottom ends of your towels.
- Serge or zigzag the raw edge of the towel.
- Fuse interfacing to the back of your fabric scraps.
- Using the pattern, cut 2 (1 front, 1 back) from the fused fabric/interfacing pieces.
- With right sides facing, using a ½" seam allowance, stitch around the curved edges of the pattern, leaving the bottom open. Trim and notch seam where necessary.
- Fold up 1/2" along open edge and press.
- Turn tab right side out and press.
- Gather or pleat raw edge of towel to fit the open area at the bottom of the pattern.
- Pull up gathers to fit opening on bottom of tab.
- Tuck gathered edge of towel into opening of fabric tab. Sew 2
rows of topstitching, through all layers, close to folded bottom edge of tab.
- Wrap end of fabric tab around your door handle. Using marks on pattern as guides, mark exact position for button and buttonhole.
- Stitch button to mark. Sew a buttonhole, sized to your button.
-OR-
- If your cabinets have knobs that make it difficult to wrap the tab end around, sew a buttonhole long enough to go over the cabinet knob and do not attach a button.
- OPTIONAL: Add lace or other trim to the end of your towel.
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