these fluffy, waffle weave towels. The magic apparently happens when you wash and dry them. I don't know if I'm going to have the same success as is pictured here, but I should. This is apparently easy. Not so sure yet, because just cutting them out was a giant pain. Unfortunately the fabric on sale is an off white, which is not the color of towel I ever buy! We are dirty kids :D
What can I say? I'm looking for small sewing projects, which I thought this would be, but it's turning out to be a bit larger and more complicated than I thought.
I am also creating some bookmarks to give away at Christmas to my book reading friends. Since I have my sewing machine out, I'm going to work on those today and tomorrow too.
Well, I best get on with it. Wish me luck!!
Love, 365
Later on........
The fact that you would attempt to make a towel is mighty awesome. There is no way I would attempt that. But I also can't sew. You are so handy!
ReplyDeleteThere's no skill in sewing these, other than knowing how to use a sewing machine. I will probably make more of these, it was fun and gratifying to see the end result!
DeleteSorry Y - I just realized you can't see who this is - blogger wouldn't allow me to sign in - above and this is Peggy (Margaret - straight up no chaser)
ReplyDeleteThat is kind of cool with the towel making! Something I wouldn't do since I have no talent nor sewing machine, but show us your finished product! Happy weekend!
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Later when I finish the hand towels and wash cloths, I'll post another photo. It's a fun project!
DeleteI have some towels that were originally sold off a roll with a deliberate unwoven bit every towel length where you cut them and it leaves a fringe on both ends of each towel. They haven't been cut apart. I'm loathe to do it now. They came from my Mum (when i got married nearly 40 years ago) and she had been given them as an engagement gift by a very elderly spinster who had put them in her own 'hope chest' 50 or 60 years before my Mum got married!
ReplyDeleteGo on, get into it - they'll be great. The fabric might aldo make good bathrobes. I have seen craft bookmarks made of coloured paper overlaid and sewn together with gold thread and decorative stitches (mounted on card). I plan to use the idea as part of a series of sewing classes some friends want me to run.
Why not cut them and use them? They may be "antiques" but how useful are they in their present state? I dunno...my Mom and Grandmother used to keep things "for good", but the good didn't come around very often (like fancy meals, or perhaps a visit from the queen?? haha)
ReplyDeleteMy sewing machine (that was my grandmother's) died in the middle of making my niece's T-shirt quilt for her HS graduation. That's the excuse I'm using for not making towels. But if I were to do so, what fabric would I be buying?
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, :D "if I were...." sounds like you might look for a new machine. If you lived anywhere near me, I give you my Mom's machine, which really works OK, but since I plan do a bit more sewing in the future, I will go look at a used but newer machine.
DeleteOk, so the fabric is from Fabrics-store.com. In the search box, type in IS010 for the fabric. Their web site kinda sucks, it's near impossible to find the instructions, so I would call their customer service (which was great when I called) and ask them how to find it. Oh, and the instructions were not included when my fabric arrived.