Embroider a Winter-Theme Tea Towel as a Christmas Gift
- Water-soluble marking pen
- Pink flour-sack towel
- Embroidery hoop
- Embroidery needle
- DMC embroidery floss: 1 skein each of white, brown (3863), dark green (367), light green (369), burgundy (815)
- White four-hole buttons: one 3/4 inch, one 1 inch
- Download the pattern from DIYideas.com/towel.
- Using a water-soluble marking pen, trace the pattern onto the towel, centered and 2-1/4 inches from the bottom (front) edge. Use a full strand of floss for all embroidery.
- Place the design in the embroidery hoop and then work white running stitches for the snow mounds, brown satin stitches for the tree trunk, and long, thin dark green cross-stitches across the width of the tree.
- Referring to the photograph, add five or six light green straight stitches diagonally over the cross-stitches (the stitches will get shorter as you work your way from the bottom to the top of the tree). Note: When working the tree, do not carry your embroidery threads across the back of your work.
- For the snowman, attach buttons at Xs on the pattern using embroidery stitches to secure them. Use burgundy cross-stitches in the holes of the large button. Use burgundy straight stitches for the mouth and brown French knots for the eyes in the holes of the small button.
- Carefully press the finished piece.
Thanks to mamadee3 for the link! I was getting really frustrated hunting around for the pattern!
12/3/2011 03:05:40 PM Report Abusehttp://www.bhg.com/christmas/gifts/snowscaped-tea-towel/ it is on here I had to dig a bit too
11/29/2011 11:34:39 AM Report AbuseI don't know when you posted the link for the pattern, but whenever I click it, it will simply bring me to a new BHG page that says it can't find what I'm searching for. I can improvise, but would really prefer it if the offered pattern were accessible.
11/13/2011 06:53:59 PM Report AbuseWhere do you get the pink flour sack towel from?
11/1/2011 05:27:53 PM Report Abuse