Julie Kundhi from julie-k shares a quick fix for a buttonhole that was too large and allowed the button to keep slipping out. Go to her blog post to see what she did to make the buttonhole smaller.
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Julie Kundhi from julie-k shares a quick fix for a buttonhole that was too large and allowed the button to keep slipping out. Go to her blog post to see what she did to make the buttonhole smaller.
[photo from julie-k]
Tea towels are a great way to add color and personality to your kitchen. And they’re a handy place to dry your hands. But tea towels don’t always have to be used as tea towels. It turns out that a hemmed rectangle of pretty fabric also makes a great starting point for a sewing project. With the edges already finished, much of the work has already been done for you. All it takes is a handful of easy seams to turn a tea towel into a pillow, bag, apron, or more. Intrigued? We’ve rounded up some great tutorials for easy sewing projects you can make starting with a simple tea towel.
Look at all the things you can sew from a tea towel!
Easy DIY Dish Towel Aprons for Kids by Live Free Creative Co.
[photo credit: Live Free Creative Co.]
DIY Tea Towel Pillows by The Wood Grain Cottage
[photo credit: The Wood Grain Cottage]
Tea Towel Origami Bag Sewing Tutorial by Orange Bettie for Bombshell Bling
[photo credit: Bombshell Bling]
DIY Table Runner by Emily Henderson
[photo credit: Emily Henderson]
Super Simple DIY Pillows from IKEA Tea Towels by Farmhouse on Boone
[photo credit: Farmhouse on Boone]
Quick and Easy Tote Bag, Transform an Old T Towel by Vicky Myers Creations
[photo credit: Vicky Myers Creations]
10 Minute Dish Towel Aprons by Fyne’s Designs
[photo credit: Fyne’s Designs]
Tea Towel Projects: Quick and Easy Messenger Bag Tutorial by Tea and a Sewing Machine
[photo credit: Tea and a Sewing Machine]
Repurposed Calendar Tea Towels by Little Vintage Cottage
Turn tea towels into a plastic bag organizer!
[photo credit: Little Vintage Cottage]
How to Make Dishtowel Vegetable Storage Bags by Judy’s Chickens
[photo credit: Judy’s Chickens]
The 2 Tea Towel Drawstring Beach Bag Using Microfibre Tea Towels by Alanda Craft
[photo credit: Alanda Craft]
Make a Cute Roll-Up Pencil Organizer in 15 Minutes by Paper & Stitch
[photo credit: Paper & Stitch]
Slouchy DIY Sling Bag from Tea Towels – Free Sewing Pattern by Orange Bettie
[photo credit: Orange Bettie]
tuppps says
Sorry to state the obvious, but why not just replace the buttons with some of the correct size?
schrodie says
Perhaps those were some buttons that were chosen specifically for the project. Or, perhaps the buttonholes had enlarged just a bit with wear (sorry, didn’t read the blog)… I just had to fix some buttonholes on my big winter jacket. The buttons holding my hood onto the jacket had been slipping through and my hood was about to fall off. So, I fixed those buttonholes because:
I don’t have any buttons that fit,
I don’t drive,
it takes 3 buses and a train to get to the nearest fabric shop,
the trip takes over an hour one way at peak running times,
the store is only 5 miles from the house so it’s silly to waste all that time running back and forth, Walmart sucks in their notions department (and I avoid Walmart like the plague),
and it’s night time here now– and cold
— so it was easier to just fix the buttonholes