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Materials:
Instructions:
- -Tea towel
- -1/4 yard of printed fabric
- -1/16 yard of coordinating printed fabric
- -30” piece of 1” wide grosgrain ribbon in two colors
- -12” piece of 0.25” wide decorative ribbon or trim
- -3 yards of 1.5” wide satin ribbon
- -Fabri-tac
- -Pinking shears
- -Scissors
- -Needle
- -Thread
Instructions:
- Using your pinking shears, cut two 6”x 6” fabric squares for the pockets.
- Using your pinking shears, cut one 2.5” wide strip of fabric; repeat for other print.
- Sew a running stitch down raw edge of fabric. Stitch, leaving extra thread on both sides.
- Repeat for other fabric strip.
- Holding the thread on one side, pull fabric down to create a ruffle.
- Repeat for other fabric strip.
- Fold tea towel in half with one side 3.5” shorter than the other.
- Glue 1.5” satin ribbon to the tea towel, starting in the middle of the ribbon and middle of the tea towel, gluing your way to the sides.
- Glue the ruffle down on the edge of the tea towel; repeat for other tea towel edge.
- Glue grosgrain ribbon on top of the fabric edge; repeat with other ribbon.
- Find the middle of the tea towel. Place pockets 5” apart from each other.
- Fold over ½” of the top of the pocket and glue on the remaining sides and bottom.
- Repeat for second pocket.
- Cut two 6” piece of decorative ribbon or trim.
- Glue to pockets, 1” from top edge.
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