Another quick project that is perfect for gift giving. This tutorial will guide you through adding a six inch fabric hem to cotton toweling. The toweling is 16″ wide and is available by the yard. It is pre-hemmed on the long edges. (All photos in the following tutorial can be clicked on to make bigger.)
Materials for One Towel
1/2 yd. hemmed cotton toweling
1/2 yd. cotton fabric (enough for 3 finished towels) or a fabric remnant at least 18 x 14 inches
coordinating all-purpose thread
Step One:
Cut two (2) 7″x18″ strips from the cotton print fabric.
Step Two:
Place toweling and fabric right sides together (RST) matching raw edges. The print fabric should be approximately 1 inch wider on each end.
Sew RST using 1/2″ seam allowance.
Step Three:
Press seam allowance toward print fabric.
Press 1/2″ along unfinished edge of print fabric.
Fold print fabric RST matching folded edge to seam.
Pin short ends.
Step Four:
Sew short ends using edge of toweling as seam guide.
Trim seam allowances and corners to reduce bulk.
Turn right side out and press.
Step Five:
Carefully topstitch 1/4″ from seam line from the right side being sure to keep underside flat and straight.
Press and trim threads.
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I’ve been a tad bit AWOL for the past month or so it seems. I wake up every morning with a To-do list and by about noon I’m usually so far off list I’ve forgotten that I even had a list.
I think the Mess Family is finally adjusted back to the school routine. But every year has different challenges and adjustments. This year has been a big one for us because we’re now a Middle School and High School family. Earlier start times, E now riding a bus, S getting out much earlier and still having after school activities that get out mid-afternoon, etc. Not only have I gone from being a stay at home mom a year ago to a full-time working Mom, but we have joined that legion of families that is not home until almost 9p.m. every evening. It has been a struggle to juggle everyone’s schedules. The other challenge I’m trying to figure out are those mid-afternoon activities of my girls. The high school S attends isn’t within walking distance of either the store or home or any of our friends’ homes. When she does after school clubs she gets done around 3:30. Students aren’t allowed to “loiter” at the school once their activities are over so she can’t wait in the library or elsewhere to do homework until I close at 5:00 and can come get her. Once she was able to score a ride with a friend who happened to stay after for another activity but mostly I’ve been closing for 20 minutes while I run up there and pick her up. This isn’t the perfect solution but it’ll have to do until I find a better one. I apologize upfront if anyone comes to the store around 3:30 and finds a post-it note on the door saying I’ll be back in a few minutes. I promise if you’ll be patient, I’ll be right back.
The other thing that has had me busy in a very good way is my etsy shop. I finally got organized and started listing some of my fabrics there. It has been a great success! Every morning I come into the store a little earlier as to have time to get fabric cut, packaged and postage printed so I can get it in the mail. Kind of cool to be able to say I have customers in the UK, Norway and Australia as well as Montana, Utah, Georgia and Colorado. It has also started to pick up the slack of the slow days around here.
In my struggle to keep all the balls in the air I’ve unfortunately let some things slip through my fingers. Like my Dad’s birthday. It was a month ago tomorrow. (I also didn’t call or send a card for Father’s Day so I’m really on the sh*t list!) I don’t have a good excuse so I won’t make one.
Instead I’ll just say, “Happy Birthday from your little pumpkin!”
I love you dad.
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