I was reading a post over at My Mom Calling concerning
Embroidered Kitchen Towels. The blogger, Carrie, does beautiful work. It made me think of embroidered towels I have made for gifts and how fun it would be to make some more with Christmas designs.
You can find some free Christmas embroidery patterns, like the one above, here:
Christmas Embroidery Patterns.
And for some absolutely beautiful, inspiring designs, go here:
Crabapple Hill Studio. Click on Winter/Christmas and prepare to be enchanted! There are dish towels among their designs, and I have made some using their transfers and patterns. Lovely.
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| Not a Christmas towel, but I used the scalloped edging from Crabapple Hill's pattern. |
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| This is one of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" dishtowel designs from Crabapple Hill Studio. |
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| A closeup of the simple design -- Christmas cookies with sprigs of greenery |
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| Another camper towel using the same scalloped edging. You can read the details on the camper designs here: Vintage Camper dish towels. |
This type of project is a great one to work on during the summer, It's small, portable, and sometimes stitching a wintry design can even make you feel a little bit cooler!
Wish I knew how to embroider. really lovely
ReplyDeleteYou could learn easily, Luludou! Check out www.sublimestitching.com/pages/tutorials. The tutorials look excellent. You can do this!
DeleteHaha, I agree with you. I like to work on cross stitch stockings in summer because I think "cool" thoughts! Cute designs, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat works for me, Vicki! One year I did several cross stitched bread cloths with Christmas designs and worked on them in summer.
DeleteThank you for tagging me. Now I want to go and buy more flour sack towels and find some holiday patterns to stamp. I think I will stay busy for days to come.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Carrie! As you can tell, I was really inspired by your stitching. Now I want to make some more embroidered towels myself. Embroidery was my first needlework love, and it's still one of my favorite techniques.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the designs and the lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Pamela! I'm glad you enjoyed seeing them!
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely stitching, feeling inspired to have a go. Thanks for sharing all the links.
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