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How to Make a Simple Hanging Dish Towel

Learn how to make a very simple hanging dish towel that requires basic sewing skills. These are easy to make in bulk and are wonderful to give as gifts.
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Prep Time:5 minutes
Hands On Time:15 minutes
Total Time:20 minutes

Equipment

  • Sewing Machine
  • Scissors
  • Thread

Supplies

  • Thick White Bar Mop Towels or plain white dish towels
  • Ribbon
  • Leather Scrap

Instructions

  • Leather scrap used to add a leather loop to a kitchen towel.
  • Cut a strip from your leather scrap 4 inches long by ¾ of an
    inch wide. Use a pen to mark the size on the back of the leather. Cut 3 of
    these, 1 for each towel.
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  • Pin the leather loop to the center of one of the long edges of the towel.
  • ribbon-pinned-in-place
  • Cut a piece of ribbon and pin across a lower corner of the towel at an angle.
  • ribbons-leather-and-towel
  • Grab your supplies and stitch!
  • I used a zig-zag stitch to attach the leather loops and the ribbon.

As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.

Makes: 3 Towels
Calories:
Author: Mary Beth