Thursday, December 13, 2012

Put a Ruffle On It

I'm usually not the sort of person who would buy a guest towel.  My husband says, "You would never buy a guest wrench!  'Don't use that wrench!  That's the good wrench!'"

But I saw this tea towel at Hobby Lobby, and it was too cute to pass up.


As cute as it was, it was missing that little something extra, like a ruffle!

I cut a strip of fabric 8 inches wide and 36 inches long, folded it in half the long way, and stitched.  I turned it inside out and pressed it flat.

Next, I took a lot of pins and began creating the pleated ruffle with a lot of trial and error on the spacing.  "The King's Speech" is avaible for streaming on Netflix right now, so I pleated and pinned and re-pinned and re-pinned while watching Colin Firth.

Let me tell you, it's not a bad way to spend the evening!

When I was satisfied with the pleats, I stitched the ruffled to the towel, removing the pins as I sewed.  Don't stitch over the pins!


And the end results...




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5 comments:

  1. What a beautiful treat to see this little hand towel adorned so beautifully. So creative. Love it!
    Lisa
    Leeshideaway.blogspot.com

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  2. This is just darling!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia :)

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  3. the ruffle just makes it sing!

    mmmmmmm, i'm sleepy just seeing the lovely photos!

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    smiles to you.

    michele

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