Super Easy Dishtowel
The weight of a pen, the scent of a hand soap, the pattern on a tea cup, these observations deliver the little jolts throughout the day that add up and contribute to our daily happiness. We’d take their routine unassuming beauty over an occasional dazzling dose any day.
One more nomination for the simple pleasures list: our Super Easy Dishtowel. A splash of color, a shot of classic style, and a soft and sturdy heft, they humbly beg your attention.
This beauty and ease? It’s thanks to our new Garment-Dyed Toweling. Special without being stuffy, this narrower-than-usual yardage does half the work for you with double-fold hems along both selvages, perfect for dishtowels, table runners, dinner napkins, placemats, and whatever else crafty minds dream up!
With 14 gorgeous colors of toweling to choose from, pick up your favorites by the yard or choose a Garment-Dyed Toweling Bundle. It comes in four pretty palettes of four colors, one yard each.
For a set of four Super Easy Dishtowels, pick up a bundle, coordinating thread, and some cotton ribbon, then follow along with our Sewn Mitered Corners tutorial for a very tidy finish.
The style of an heirloom kitchen linen, the practicality of a workhorse, and the satisfaction of the handmade, we’re sure you’ll appreciate the many moments a day you reach for your especially beautiful dishtowel!
Materials
To make a set of 4 dishtowels, you will need…
- A Garment Dyed Toweling Bundle, four colors x 1 yard each
- A 110-yard spool of Gutermann’s Cotton Sewing Thread to coordinate with each fabric
- 1 yard of Studio Carta’s Fettuccia Ribbon, ¼ inch, in Natural
Update, May 2024: You can explore our current collection of beautiful fabrics and supplies on our page of Sewing Tools + Notions!
Size
Finished Dimensions: 15 X 25 inches
Pattern
Cut
For each dishtowel, cut a 27-inch length of Toweling and an 8-inch length of ribbon.
Sew
Use a seam ripper to undo 3 inches of existing hem at all 4 corners.
To create the mitered corners and attach the hanging loop, follow along with our Classic Mitered Corner Dishtowel pattern and Sewn Mitered Corners tutorial. The only change to make is at the end, where instead of sewing the hem down around all four sides, you will sew from the top of one seam-ripped 3-inch gap, down around the corner, across the bottom of the dishtowel, around the second corner, and up to the top of that corner’s 3-inch gap. Be sure to backstitch at the beginning and end, and repeat at the dishtowel’s other end.
Gorgeous! Better than opening a new box of crayons at the beginning of the school year. xxx
Do you have the pattern on you tube? Or pictures of the corners with the 3″ ripped down.
Hi Betzaida,
Thanks for reaching out! We don’t have a video tutorial for this pattern, but thank you for expressing your interest! I will be sure to pass this along to the rest of the team!
Warmly,
Gianna
How many dinner napkins would you be able to make from one yard? Dimensions?
Hi Mildred,
Thanks for reaching out! Depending on the dimensions of the napkin you could possibly get 2 napkins from one yard!
Warmly,
Gianna
I want one spool each of the color coordinate Gutermann cotton sewing thread for the two colors of toweling I’m purchasing: Orange Russet and Rockwall. I’m not sure the colors I’ve picked are the best. Can you please change the thread colors to the best matches, if necessary?
Hi Craige,
Thanks for reaching out! We actually have some suggestions for threads to match the various shades of toweling included on the pattern page! For Orange Russet, we recommend Thread: 4850 and for Rock Wall, we recommend Thread: 9500.
I hope this helps, and please let me know if you have any other questions!
Warmly,
Kelsey
Do you have a picture of how you inserted the twill tape for hanging? It’s not mentioned in the instructions.
Hi Karen,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! We’ve just updated the pattern page to include a link to our Classic Mitered Corner Dishtowels, which includes some great step by step instructions on how to attach the hanging loop! I hope this helps clear up this section of the pattern!
Warmly,
Kelsey
It seems wasteful to get a yard each of 4 colors, and use a length of only 27 inches per towel. What do you propose doing with the 4 leftover pieces of 9 inches each?
Hi Margarita,
Thanks for your question! I think keeping and repurposing the extra fabric from these dishtowels is a wonderful and sustainable idea. After completing the dishtowels, you could use the extra strips of fabric as patches for other garments, accessories, or textiles that might need mending. You could also use the fabric for embroidery and sew different designs on them, save them to use as little accent colors in quilts or blankets, cut them up further and use them as stuffing for sewn toys, and even create appliqué shapes like flowers for decorating other projects. The options really are endless! This fabric is a highly versatile, 100% heavyweight cotton so it can be used in a wide variety of other applications.
I hope this was helpful! Have a wonderful day!
All the best,
Cat
Since the fabric is 100% cotton, you could make microwave “cozies” with cotton batting and cotton thread. This would be so cool to have your cozies match your dish towels. It’s what I plan on doing.
The link to bundles is no longer working. Are you still offering the bundles?
Hi Seattle,
Unfortunately, we no longer offer the bundles for this pattern but you can still find the fabrics included in the pattern here.
Happy making,
Gavriella
Hello,
Can you please let me know where I can get the fabric? I can’t find it on your website.
Hi Natalie,
Thanks for reaching out. I’m so sorry to say that we’ve discontinued Garment Dyed Toweling! While we loved this fabric, not everybody else felt the same way, so we’ve had to make the sad decision to stop producing it. We hope you can understand!
Our apologies for the disappointing news, but please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns.
All the best,
Lili