Pretty Little Mess Product: Dishtowels

I recently hosted a bridal shower at work for one of my co-workers who is getting married and moving back home to Canada. This is the gift I made for the happy couple.

I started making these embroidered dishtowels last summer, but only had Monday finished. I used the Pleasant Kitchen Dishtowels pattern from Alicia Paulson. Since I am too cheap to buy floursack dishtowels, I took a yard of muslin and cut it into quarters. This determined the size of my towels and the number I could make. Hence, Melissa and Albert only being able to dry their dishes on weekdays.

I transferred the designs from the printouts using a pencil. I chose to do the designs in a variety of embroidery floss colors instead of just black like the original design. If I was going to do all this work, I wanted it to be colorful!

I embroidered Tuesday and Wednesday on the train ride up to the Boyfriend's graduation.

Thursday and Friday were finished on the ride back to D.C..

I backed the towels with this yellow mock linen fabric I had in my stash.

I added little loops out of twill tape so the towels can be hung from a hook in the kitchen.

The requisite Pretty Little Mess Product tag.

Here is Monday stretched out for your viewing pleasure.

A close up of the design while hanging.

Up next: the Pretty Packaging!