Hands On - dish towel pillow

Here is a second life for a vintage hand embroidery dish towel that you haven’t use.
Turn those creative handworks of the 1940’s-1950’s into decorative pillows for your kitchen chairs, banquettes, or benches.

MATERIALS NEEDED

  • Dish towel
  • Fabrics: stripe & solid
  • Welt cord
  • Filler
  • Sewing machine, scissors

HERE’S HOW

  • Cut dish towel to desired size
  • Cut stripe fabric for ruffle & back
  • Cut solid fabric and cover welt cord
  • Gather ruffle
  • Attach welt to pillow front, then ruffle, and then fabric back, leave an opening
  • Turn inside out and stuff with filler
  • Hand stitch opening