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“H” is for Hand Towels

March 28, 2013

diy monogrammed hand towels with ruffle
Personalize hand towels with an appliqued monogram and simple bias cut ruffle:
diy monogrammed hand towels with ruffle
diy monogrammed hand towels with ruffle

These hand towels are for sisters, a quick and easy personalized gift.
diy monogrammed hand towels with ruffle

monogrammed hand towels with ruffle detail
Here’s how to make the monogrammed hand towels:

1. Print out monogram to fit.
(I used Lucida Bright font at 300 point.)
Apply fusible interfacing to wrong side of fabric:
how to monogram hand towels
2. Place print out right side down on light box then fabric right side down on top.
Trace outline of letter onto interfacing:
how to monogram hand towels
3. Cut out letter and pin in place:

how to monogram hand towels
4. Sew with tight zig zag stitch.
5. To make ruffle cut 1 1/4″ wide bias strips x (two times width of towel).
Run a very loose zig zag stitch just off center then pull one thread to ‘ruffle up’ the strip.
Pin in place and straight stitch down the middle:
how to add a ruffle to hand towels
For a more detailed ruffle trim tutorial check my ruffle towels post here.
how to make monogrammed hand towels

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  1. lynn cockrell says

    March 28, 2013 at 2:05 PM

    Great towels!

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  2. Kayla Janachovsky says

    April 2, 2013 at 9:48 PM

    These turned out great! I’d love it if you’d link up to The DIY’ers link party. http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-diyers.html

    Reply
  3. MaytagNMom says

    April 5, 2013 at 3:11 AM

    Very cute towels and you did a lovely job of machine applique too 🙂

    Thanks for sharing with us, and it's always great to see creative minds at work. 🙂

    Visiting from Frugal Friday@ The Shabby Nest linky party
    Smiles,
    Suz @MaytagNMom
    NW Illinois
    CURRENT PROJECT OF MINE AT LINKY PARTIES

    Reply

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