In this video I will be showing you how I make a hanging tea towel for your kitchen. Materials needed: A tea towel A pot holder A matching button Sewing machine ( if you have) Needle and thread
Thank you for this video. I have a suggestion that might make it a bit easier to sew the straight line across the potholder. Just draw a chalk or pencil line across the middle of the inside portion of the potholder. 😁
Try enlarge your stitch per inch. It doesn't have to be so small. Try a 10 or 12 stitches per inch it should make it easier for you and fabric won't pull so much. The smaller the stitch the more pull on your fabric. I think the above is used for most sewing.
Get you some sewing clips (you can get them very cheap on aliexpress or wish). or even some binder clips woo work. Another tip would be to get a marker that you an iron away to mark you center points. I know that the tea towels from the DT are just a $1.00 but young to walmart and picking up some towels that are much better quality.
The little buttons are good in the back of larger buttons it equalizes the pressure on the thread. Dollar Tree has a camel colored sets that would look lovely with the aqua colored buttons. Nifty idea.+++++ I stitch together 2 square pot-holders for 1 hand & use the mitt on my other hand.
These are so beautiful ! Ty so much I’ve been wanting to make my own but use the towel but I had no idea that you could use the pot holder like this ! Ty ty ty ! Liked and subscribed
I I think you can get the clips at the dollar tree also now. And I also agree that you should lens in your stitch a little bit and it would help you go through the sickness of the pad and material. Nice job. ❤
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I've been crocheting with the whole kitchen towels this year for Christmas and have gotten very positive feedback. I've watched this video a few times and I about to start sewing. Fun stuff, I love it!
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I don't sew often either but instead of flipping over to get right sides together? Maybe place potholder, right side up underneath towel, right side down after you have it folded to correct width. Then fold in half & pin towel through potholder instead of potholder through towel? Hope that makes sense? If I make some of these & try it that way? I will come back & let you know. Thanks for sharing. First time viewer. Love this idea! Merry Christmas!
I was a dollar tree today and I saw some of the clips you referred to, maybe ask your local store manager about them. I also watch quilting videos, and someone used binder clips to hold all the layers together :). I made these for my sister for Christmas
Aww, this is a cute idea. I was trying to think of something to make for my Grandmother with Alzheimers for Christmas and I think this will be it. Thank you for sharing your project.
Susan Arthur, I've never measured the buttons, I just use the largest ones that come in the bags or boxes from the dollar stores or Wal-Mart. I just did a quick measure and they seem to be between 1 to 1 1/4 inches🙂🙂
Thanks for t the lovely hanging kitchen towel idea. Just idea I've seen others make them by running large stitches down the middle of the towel leaving thread tails at both ends of towel & gather towel until the gather's r even. Then see the hot pad on to it from there. God bless you & he's.
So cute but take it from us Oldie Sewers, *Do not pin all that bulk. Use clips along the outside edges. *Lengthen the stitch to basting. It will look 'normal' when finished as the length is taken up going thru so much thickness. * REDUCE the number on pressure foot * DRAW the center sewing line w chalk, sewing pencil, or the sewing pen that comes out blotting with water or fades away by itself. * Try PLEATING the towel into BOX PLEATS to distribute the bulk HAPPY SEWING. I ❤ your idea!
If you have a walking foot it would be easier to sew across the pot holder. Also clothes pins are something that will work. Dollar stores has them along with clips and binder clips. Love the way the tea towels came out!
You could pin your hot pad corners first before you pin the middle to help pin the middle.😊 Very nice and easy to make and handy to have.😊 Another thing you could do is get a plain colored hot pad to bring out one of the colors in the towel. On this tutorial you could have used the green, that would have been beautiful.😊
Great video... a little tip. Put a dot of tape or sticky note just under your camera, and look at it every so often. Where ever you're looking it makes it seem like your detached. 😊 keep up the good work!
Little trick for pins that won't go threw... Run the pin carefully threw your hair close to the scalp.. it costs it with natural oils and they slide in much easier...
I seen some like yours at a store . I figured I could make them a hole lot cheaper .then a week later seen you on RU-vid . Only thing different is the buttons are larger then there's . Thank you so much for sharing this video .
You really don't need that many pins one on each side would have been fine And your stitch is too tight you need to open it up more And for thick projects like that you need a thicker needle
You could use a measuring tape or ruler to help. It would save you a lot of time. If you use a device to measure you could get perfect fold and find the center of your pot holder. You wasted a lot of time
I keep my pins stuck in a bar of soap. This lets the pin go through fabric easier. I just keep the bar of soap in an small container so the soap doesn't move aroune
I would only use 3 pins. On ends I would go on the inside of hems and one in the center. It shouldn't move. I hope this helps. Thanks for the idea it makes a great gift.
Your thread will stop breaking if you lengthen your stitch a bit. 2.5 or even 3.0. Match it up to the stitches around your heat pad. This a really cute idea for sure.
I have a boat load of clips. I use them when binding my quilts. I bought the majority of them from Wish. Wish is hit or miss on their stuff, but the clips are a hit. I like this idea and will probably make some.
I heard on another channel most sewists don't wash fabrics before sewing, as it removes the finish on the fabric. Plus they like the crisp new feel of the fabric!
