Some of the best and most fun to make projects are born out of necessity. . . which was the case for me today.
I need a ‘nice’ tea towel for this weekend. A nice ‘fit to be seen’ out of the house type of tea towel.
Having checked my inventory of . . . hmm, shall we call them ‘everyday’ tea towels. . . it was pretty obvious I wasn’t taking one of these babies anywhere.
So the first project of the day was to whip up a pretty tea towel that would be presentable out in public.
I wanted something that was quick to make, but also pretty and colourful.
And I’m loving this new shabby tea cup tea towel.
To start with, I made a cotton tea towel out of . . . yes, you guessed it . . . my all time favourite, drop cloth.
Then came some pretty fabrics. . . that were appliqued on with Visoflex.
Nothing screams ‘shabby’ quite like a little crazy free motion stitching!
Boy I loved that stitching!!
For someone who is a tad ‘particular’ about neat things. . . letting loose with free motion stitching is like colouring outside the lines.
I feel very naughty!
But strangely liberated at the same time. . . look at that stitching all over the place.
So I guess now that I have one really decent tea towel the others are going to feel a bit ‘shabby’ . . . perhaps I had better whip up a few more fun tea towels while I’m in a ‘crazy stitching’ kind of mood.
I’m showing off my shabby tea towel at these great parties this week ~ French Country Cottage, The Vintage Farmhouse, 36th Avenue, Clean and Scentsible, Live Laugh Rowe, The Common Ground, The DIY Dreamer, At The Picket Fence, The Cottage Market, Nifty Thrifty Sunday, Freckled Laundry.
It looks beautiful Kerryanne. I love the crazy stitching and your choice of fabrics, so cute!
I have sewn my own tea towels before (out of 100% cotton) and depsite being washed lots of times, they are still not very good at drying anything. Do you have any tips for making them more absorbent?
thanks 🙂
Karen
Love your tea towel Kerryanne, I also love the free form stitching too, it’s a great shabby look and a relief not to be bothering with perfect lines of stitching!! Have a good week, Robyn x
That is super,love it. I make loads but never ever tea towels. I love free form stitching too,but haven’t done any for ages. Happy week x
Looks great!
wonderful i love cups..i love stitchery <3 with contrast colour hugs from italy lauralk
This is so pretty…and so very shabby!!
Oh wow! Perfect! Tea cup for a tea towel. How very lovely and perfectly, deliciously shabby!
Kerryanne this is beautiful…I’d be scared to use it though because I wouldn’t want to spoil it LOL
Toni xx
That is just adorable–super fun!
Simply adorable.
It turned out just beautiful…You dare devil you
I absolutely love this… charming in every way!
I love this tea towel. It is so warm and yes as Deb said above, very charming.
Cynthia
I am glad there is a name for the stitch you did. now I can say my sewing is ‘ shabby chic style’ all the time. lol
This is so cute! Love the stacked teatowels. Really did a nice job!!
Judy
Love it! It amazes me how all you clever designers manage to make your projects so speedily. That would take me weeks to do!!!!
Kerryanne, that is so cute! Seriously, you need to send that idea to a magazine!
Such pretty fabrics for those sweet cups! You did an awesome job!
Blessings, Doni
Lovely!! Visiting from the Inspiration Friday Blog hop.
Connie from Sadieloohoo
SO LOVELY!!!The fabrics combination are fabulous!Thanks so much for sharing the great tutorial!
Happy week!
Hugs from Portugal,
Ana Love Craft
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