Country Garden Stitchery

For a quick sewing project these dish towels from Spoonflower are fun to make.  The towels are printed on their linen cotton canvas ultra fabric and are nice and sturdy. The fabric softens after washing and has a nice crinkle look from the linen.  They get softer with each washing. Press the towels with a hot iron and trim all the loose threads.   Square the edges with a rotary cutter and mat.  The edges can be pretty uneven and I had to cut 1/2" off one edge to make them even.  Press the edge of the fabric in 3/8" twice.    Do this on all the sides.  Since it is a thick fabric I wanted to make mitered corners.  Here is a great how to video from creativebug  on how to make them.  After the mitered corners are finished fold the hem down where the pressing lines are and sew an edge stitch around the towel.   Finished hem with mitered corners.     Finished tea towe...

  My Sunshine Pansies flour sack towel is finished and available in my shops.  You can access my shops in the right column or for my Artfire shop you can click here.  

  My flour sack towel embroidery patterns continue with the June rose, the birth month flower.  You can find the pattern in my Etsy, Artfire and Craftsy shop links in the column to the right.