{Hanging Handtowel Tutorial}

Last week we had my second basic sewing class and we made Hanging Dishtowels/Handtowels. (Don't look at how uneven my towels ended up, I clearly need to fix the button placement on the yellow button one). 

FYI, I got this pattern from Kleio's Belly, which includes the instructions, but no photos, so I made my own tutorial with photos. Photos always help, especially for beginning sewists. 

Start by downloading the Hanging Towel Pattern.   

You will need (makes 2 hanging towels):

One purchased handtowel/dishtowel (apprx. 24"x15")

4 pieces of fabric measuring 7"x 12"(two for each towel)

2 piece of iron on interfacing measuring 7"x 12" (one for each towel)

Two buttons (one for each towel)

Note:  the pattern's tutorial says to use flannel, I use interfacing and it works great and it's less expensive. 

Ok, here we go! 

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 I found this fun fabric scrap at one of my favorite fabric stores here locally. I didn't realize that I had cut it so that the ladies would all be covered up once the towels were finished, until it was too late. Bummer.  

 That's why I have this one towel buttoned on backwards, so you can see the cute girl!

As always, please let me know if you have any questions at all.

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{cuffed pillowcase tutorial}

Front: 20" x 23" (solid pink) 

Wide Cuff: 20" x 13" (Green polka dot) 

Narrow Cuff: 20" x 2-1/2" (Orange Flower/Paisley) 

Back: 20" x 35-1/2" (Orange Flower/Paisley) 

Please ignore my silly mistake. I accidentally cut my cuff piece 13x13 instead of 20x13, so instead of just buying another piece of fabric I sewed them back together.

sorry about the part that is hard to read.  It says, "If you have a serge-stitch on your machine use that to edge-stitch the cuff and front pieces. If you don't have a serge-stitch you can use a zig-zag stitch. 

 Slide your pillow inside and 

tuck under the inside flap.

It's been over 3 years since I wrote out a tutorial, so I'm pretty rusty. I hope you can understand all the instructions. If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them.  

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