Tutorial: Easy scrappy dish towel

Are you tired of hoarding your fabric scraps and never finding a use for them? Well, it’s time to dust off your scrap bin and get ready to create something beautiful and useful!

Katie from Bite Sized Biggie has shared a fantastic idea for putting your fabric scraps to good use. She uses them to add quick and pretty embellishments to plain dish towels. It’s such a simple and fun project that you can complete in just a few hours, and the end result is a set of gorgeous, one-of-a-kind towels that are perfect for sprucing up your kitchen or gifting to a friend.

To get started, all you need are some plain dish towels, fabric scraps in various colors and patterns, a sewing machine, and some thread. Then, simply cut out your fabric scraps into different shapes, such as hearts, stars, or flowers, and arrange them on the dish towel in a pattern that you like. Once you’re happy with the placement, sew the scraps onto the towel using a zigzag stitch. Voila! You now have a beautifully embellished dish towel that is sure to brighten up your kitchen.

These towels are not only a great way to use up your fabric scraps, but they also make fantastic housewarming presents. Imagine how happy your friends or family members would be to receive a set of unique and colorful dish towels that you made yourself! Plus, because the towels are handmade, they show that you put thought and care into the gift.

Don’t let your fabric scraps go to waste! Follow Katie’s lead and use them to create something beautiful and useful. Not only will you have a fun and satisfying crafting experience, but you’ll also end up with a practical and pretty addition to your kitchen or a thoughtful and unique gift for a loved one.

They’d make great housewarming presents!

Click below for her tutorial:

Super Scrappy Dish Towel Tutorial, by Bite Sized Biggie

[photo from Bite Sized Biggie]

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It doesn’t matter whether you sew by hand or by machine, you need a pincushion. You need a spot to parks pins and needles and keep them within easy reach for when you need them again. There are a lot of styles of pincushion to choose from. Some magnetic, some fabric. Some cute, some purely functional. This “little bit extra” pincushion has a spot to store all the different types of pins and needles you might need while sewing. Polka Dot Chair has a free sewing pattern you can use to make one for yourself.

This handy little pincushion has a circular shape and is divided into sections to store different types of pins. The bottom section is for your regular straight pins. Just poke them in and they’re ready for when you need them. The top has one section with a felt flap perfect for holding your sewing needles. I don’t know about you but I don’t like mixing my hand sewing needles in with my pins on a pincushion. It makes it hard to find the needle when I want it. So having a separate section for the needles is a great idea.

This “little bit extra” pincushion also has a spot to hold a few fabric clips. Fabric clips have become popular alternatives to a traditional straight pin. They hold fabric pieces together without piercing the fabric, which is important when sewing leather, vinyl, or other materials that will show permanent holes from pins.

You can sew the “little bit extra” pincushion from large fabric scraps or small fabric cuts (fat eighth). You probably already have all the supplies you need to sew one in your sewing supplies already.

Get the free pattern for this “little bit extra” pincushion over at Polka Dot Chair.

[photo credit: Polka Dot Chair]

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