Make a Stove Apron

 Hello Readers. I like to travel and of course, that means some souvenirs. This tea towel is from Windsor Castle. It is also blue and white, which is my favorite color scheme. I wanted to use it around the house but I did not want my kids get it dirty. What could I do with this towel? Let's make a stove apron or stove skirt. (I got this idea from @literary_stitch on instagram, check her page for more.)

This was a quick and easy project.

 This towel had a horizontal image and that made it perfect for this project. A towel with a simple pattern or design with no writing would work well for this project too. It is going to hang horizontally and not vertically so keep that in my mind when you chose a towel.

I found some white eyelet lace to add to my towel. I wanted to dress my towel up a bit just for fun. I could sew this lace along the bottom of my towel and it would add just the right touch. The cotton lace would be great with the cotton material of the towel.

I sewed the lace under the edge of the towel using a straight stitch on my sewing machine. I held the lace and the towel together as I used a sewed to connect them together. 

 I tucked the ends of the lace under and sewed them to the towel at the same time. I wanted the cut edges oat the end of the lace to be tucked under and sewn in place.  

I also found some ribbon to sew to the top of the towel. I needed a way to tie the towel /stove apron to the oven handle. I chose this wide white ribbon because it will can be tied into really nice, full, large bows along the top of my towel. 

 

I measured across the towel so that I could make my bows evenly placed across the top of the towel. I only had enough of this white ribbon to make 4 bows, so that's what I made. 

 

I pinned the ribbons in place with some straight pins so they would stay where I wanted them while I was sewing them on the towel. 

 

I sewed across the top of the towel right on the edge. I attached the ribbons to the towel with a straight stitch on my sewing machine just like I sewed the lace earlier. 
 

The lace along the bottom of the towel is so pretty. It's just the added charm I wanted. The ribbons are sewn on the top in their centers so I can tie them on my oven handle. 

 

I tied my bows onto my stove. The ribbons looked just as good as I had hoped. I wanted a feminine cottage-core look. This worked out great. 

 

Check out these pretty bows!!

 

This is a really cute touch in my kitchen. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tea Towel Top

 Hello Readers. I decided to make a top from a cute little tea towel I found at a thrift store. It had a pretty design on it and I wanted to see how it would turn out as a top. Let's do an experiment. 

 Before and after.

 These little mushrooms were so pretty. Could this be a cute top? Let's see. 

I was inspired by these tops made by Selina Sanders. I really liked these tops made from handkerchiefs. Let's see if I could make something this fun. 

I cut the towel in half. I wanted some mushrooms in front and in back. 

I also had these lacey place mats. I was going to use to fill in as needed. 

I sewed the piece of towel to a piece of place mat. 

 

 This is the front of my top. I added 2 tucks at the top so it would fit better around the bust line.
 

I had a front piece and a back piece. I needed a bit more to make the sides. I used a second place mat for that. 

I connected the side pieces to the front and back panels.

I had this ribbon belt from an old dress. I cut it into 4 pieces for the shoulder straps.

I attached the shoulder straps to the top with my sewing machine. 

I liked it so far but I didn't love it yet. It needed an elastic waist to make it less boxy and shapeless. 

The elastic made the waist look more defined. I liked that better. 

 

I liked the top and went with a light blue theme for this outfit. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

***Year End Update***- I had so much fun making this. I loved all the materials and it was fun to wear.