Kitchen Towel Mat Tutorial

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Drum roll please ;)....Introducing Toad's Easy dish mat tutorial! Perfect for the countertop above the dishwasher {for those dishes that didn't quite get dry}, or for those hand-washed items!


This is the 1st tutorial in my "Trifecta" of kitcheny projects! You may have missed the dish mats big debut in my last post, but you won't miss it now!

Inspired by several other dish mats that other crafters have made--like the one Darby made on Fly Through Our Window--not only did I want one for myself, but thought it would make a great gift!

You rookies {like me} will be happy to hear that I simplified the mat so it doesn't use any fancy stitching or bias tape around the edges. It is not a hard project, and hopefully my tutorial will also be easy to follow!

The fabric I use in this tutorial is by one of my favorite fabric designers...Riley Blake. Its from her Summer Song line, and you should be able to find it on Etsy or any "Cool" fabric shop that sells designer fabric.

Before we get started let me tell you that this tutorial can be easily adapted to fit any size of towel that you have. I used a regular sized hand towel I bought for $1.50. Just be sure that whatever you use be sure to WASH it (and your fabric) before you make the dish mat.

To make sure that the material will fit on your towel, just see if strips size (16 1/2 X 5}will fit before you start cutting. You can adjust the size of your strips if you need to.
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Kitchen Dish Towel Mat Tutorial
By Emily

What you will need:

• A dish towel {my tutorial uses a regular size dish towel}


• 2 strips of fabric {16 1/2 X 5"}


• 2 strips of a different fabric {16 1/2 X 5"}


• 1 strip of a different fabric {16 1/2 X 5"}

You'll also want to use your iron and have a bunch of pins on hand. Let's do it!

IMPORTANT TIP: Do NOT sew all the way to the bottom! You'll need to leave some material {at least a 1/2 inch} to fold under across the bottom. See step 6 for more details. {Hopefully that makes sense!}













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