Hope you are all staying cool! Here in Eastern Canada we are having a bit of a heatwave. Today is feeling like 43 degrees Celsius with the humidex. Crazy times we are living in for sure! I never remember early June being this hot! It’s nice though to have summer come a bit early. I’m good with it as long as my A/C holds out, haha! Tonight’s supper will most definitely be BBQ something. Burgers I think….I’m excited to try a new green sauce on them. My Epicure order just arrived and one of my items was their new Feisty Green Sauce. It sure smells good, I’ll let you know how it tastes!
Since I’m mostly stuck inside today due to the heat, I thought I’d whip up some new Farmhouse style kitchen hand towels with a few basic items I purchased. I have looked and looked for just the right kitchen towels for so long and haven’t had a whole lot of luck! They are either too cheap looking, too much crochet on them, too expensive or just not my style/colour. I don’t go to craft shows anymore due to the whole pandemic situation so I often simply can’t find them. But like I said, they never seem just right for me when I do. DIY is the best option I think if you are wanting a specific style or colour. These were so easy to do and all I needed was kitchen tea towels and coordinating potholders. Oh, and a few buttons!
Find the center of a tea towel by folding in half. Mark it and unfold, On the wrong side, stitch a running stitch across from one side to the other. Gather by gently pulling your running stitch. Before tying it off, size it up based on the width of the potholder you will be using for the topper. (My stitching doesn’t look centred in the photo but it is!)Find the center of your potholder and with right sides together stitch to your gathered tea towel making sure the potholder is centred on the gathered fold of the tea towel. Fold up potholder in half and attach a coordinating button to the top of one side. You will use the hanger that’s on the potholder to “button” it and join the two sides of the kitchen hand towel around the handle off your stove, dishwasher, etc. Very easy, kitchen appropriate, and oh so cute! Oh, and it fits a multitude of handle widths! The options are endless! They remind me of little dresses. I love them! I decided to try a more tailored version as well. For these ones, I folded the tea towels in thirds lengthwise….the way they’d be folded normally when you purchase them.
I folded the towels in thirds but to a width that looked nice with the width of the pot holders I was using. With right sides together as shown, I machine stitched through the center (where the towel would fold over when hung)I folded the potholder in half, added a coordinating button and voila! Ready to hang and gorgeous! A fantastic addition to any kitchen! Aren’t they pretty? I’m so excited to finally have pretty (and large) kitchen hand towels that aren’t tattered and stained! Hope you will try this out for yourself! If not, I’ll be selling a few so you can message me here or through The Butchers Daughter FB page. Love to hear from you!
