DIY Embroidery for a Hand Towel

 

Embroidered bathroom hand towels always bring a classic style in interior design. Your guests will like these embroidered bathroom hand towels and might ask you where you purchased them. This embroidered hand towel has two different colors of blue thread. Blue work embroidery began in 1910 when the dark blue threads were available.  In today's embroidery tutorial, you can make a simple star embroidery for your hand towels. 

Materials: 

2 colors of embroidery floss/thread

Embroidery needle

Plain Hand Towels already washed 

Scissors

Star Stencil (Optional)

Black Pen or Fabric Pen

Buttons

Regular needle and thread

First, use a stencil and a pen to outline the star shapes onto a clean hand towel. Second, insert blue embroidery thread into an embroidery needle. Third, insert the embroidery needle and follow the lines to make the stars. This hand towel has five blue embroidered stars. Fourth, use a different color of blue thread to fill in the stars. 

After each star has been embroidered, you can sew buttons to fill the empty spaces of the hand towel. The buttons can be any color to contrast with the embroidered stars. These embroidered hand towels can be used for your guest bathroom, a handmade gift, or for yourself.  Blue work embroidery is a popular vintage style that can be used to decorate kitchen and bathroom towels. Have a calming time embroidering.

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