New Kitchen Towels make me happy!
I used some heavy weight cotton from Ikea for the background, Sandi Henderson’s Farmers Market for the appliques, and finished them off with some embroidered details.
Posted by Lisa
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They are just gorgeous, Lisa! I am new to craft and craft blogs. Do you use a machine to sew the flowers to the cloth?
It looks lovely and so happy. Make drying the dishes fun again (O:
Hi Lisa, what a great idea! The flowers are so pretty and makes the cloth so bright. Well done. Kind regards, Anita.
I think I might need some of those in my kitchen….they are lovely…
Oh my, such gorgeous work!! Well done!
Very Pretty!
Too pretty to use – Love them!
these are so gorgeous Lisa, beautiful, too beautiful to use!!!!
How gorgeous !
Surely you are not going to actually use them – they are far too pretty .
I have that Ikea fabric! They look so cute, you are not going to use them, are you?
I love those, especially the red one.
Oh my they are too cute!! What a fantastic Idea!
These are gorgeous, far too pretty to use! 🙂
They are so lovely, you have such great ideas! Have a lovely weekend!
Just so bright and cheerful and way to nice to actally use!
Just pretty, Lisa!
Do you use them at th kitchen???
They could be pretty tablemats!
they are adorable
Not just pretty, but pretty darned clever! Am lovomg them! karen
Gorgeous! Maybe if my tea towels looked like that I’d do the drying up!
Those are so beautiful, I wouldn’t want to use them! 🙂
I love these bright colorful…towels? More like frame-worthy art!
These pretties scream SPRING!!!
Very cute and practical too. I need to make a bunch of these. Thanks for sharing,
Susan
So pretty!
I am VERY impressed .. this is lOTS of work! And a great result.
Gorgeous! What a great way to brighten up your kitchen!
They are darling. You did a beautiful job!
These are so very pretty. What a great way to brighten up one’s kitchen.
Maureen
I enjoy decorating dish towels too! Yours are absolutely beautiful. Best ever!
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Adorable! What a great way to brighten up an everyday thing. I love it!
gorgeous!I never would have thought of making them from check towels! you turn everything into something beautiful
Corrie;)
So, so very cute. I love the fabrics and colors. Black, red, pink and green are so happy looking together. You did a great job.
Have a nice Valentine Day.
They’re really lovely. You’ve inspired me!Love, Amanda xxx
Love those appliques and that stitching. How fun to have these to use in the kitchen. I really need to get to Ikea one of these days.
Lisa, they are so lovely, what a wonderful idea! I think it is great to be able to make your house all pretty with items like these. Very cute!
Oh gorgeous!! Hello over there in Perth, i wish we lived there, such a beautiful city & surrounds. What a pretty tea towel concept, love Posie
Lisa these are wonderful, I never would have thought to buy fabric to make tea towels. They are stunning and would make a gorgeous gift if you could bear to part with them
Linda
Sweeeeeet!!!
Love them…. perhaps a tutorial??? : )
Those are adorable Lisa! They’re sure to brighten up the kitchen!!!
This is beautiful handicraft!!..would love to have them in my kitchen.. Happy♥♥♥Valentine! Love//Eva
They are way too nice to dirty up doing the dishes….
Gorgeous, Lisa!
Sooo LOVELY, Lisa! What a pretty way to dress up “ordinary” kitchen towels…these are very cheerful. And making up a few would make a fun spring/house-warming gift. Thanks for the wonderful idea! Happy Week :o) ((HUGS))
Oh those dishtowels are just so cute, what a great idea! They are much to pretty to use though….
These are so cute – way to pretty to use!
Kris
Just beautiful! I think I need to make some too!