{"id":20702,"date":"2012-03-19T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=20702"},"modified":"2019-07-19T11:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T15:44:24","slug":"make-your-own-vintage-tea-towels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/make-your-own-vintage-tea-towels\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Vintage Tea Towels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following is a post from contributing writer Jasmine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20834\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel8.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel8-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several years ago my daughter made me some beautiful hand-knitted dish clothes. They sat in a kitchen drawer for over a year because I just couldn&#8217;t bear to use something so pretty to clean my dishes. One day she opened the drawer, pulled out a dish cloth, and made me wash dishes with it.<\/p>\n<p>It is amazing how much more enjoyable washing dishes became. From that moment, I decided I wanted to use more beautiful handmade items in my daily life. These simple vintage tea towels bring me back to the days when handmade items were a part of every homemaker&#8217;s daily life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20835\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel9.jpg 365w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel9-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Supplies Needed<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tea toweling (Tea toweling can be purchased from local quilt shops or online. \u00a0It comes in a variety of sizes with both finished and unfinished edges.)<\/li>\n<li>1930&#8217;s reproduction fabric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<p>1. Cut two panels of the reproduction fabric (5 1\/4 x 17 inches).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20915\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel3.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Turn under edges (of one of the panels) 1\/4 inch. Press. Turn under 1\/4 inch again. Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20839\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel4.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Sew around all edges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20840\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel5.jpg 365w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel5-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Repeat steps 1-3 on second panel. You should now have two hemmed panels measuring 4 1\/4 x 16 inches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20841\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel6.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Cut one piece of toweling (21 1\/4 x 17 inches).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20836\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Turn under edges of toweling 1\/4 inch. Press. \u00a0Turn under 1\/4 inch again. Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20837\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7. Sew one side of the toweling to a reproduction panel, leaving a 1\/4 inch seam allowance. Repeat on the other end of the toweling with remaining panel. Press towel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20833\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel7.jpg 365w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2012\/03\/teatowel7-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8. Embroider if desired. Here is the link to the ducky pattern I created for this project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a post from contributing writer Jasmine. Several years ago my daughter made me some beautiful hand-knitted dish clothes. They sat in a kitchen drawer for over a year because I just couldn&#8217;t bear to use something so pretty to clean my dishes. 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