DIY Tea Towels From Vintage Linens - Twelve Days of Christmas Ideas

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I just love old linens... tablecloths, aprons, hankies, napkins, all of them! I'm always a little sad when I discover something that has a hole or stain but today I'm going to show you how to repurpose some of those lovely old linens into sweet little tea towels! These make a perfect Christmas gift when paired with some cute kitchen utensils and a fancy spice or some tea!


Isn't that cute? I would love to receive that as one of my Christmas gifts how about you?!

After you have checked out how to make these adorable DIY tea towels be sure to check out all the other wonderful ideas at the end! You can also GO HERE for the complete list of Dates and Topics plus a collection of most popular holiday ideas including ornaments, games, recipes and more from all 50 plus talented bloggers!


To make these tea towels you just need some old linens (tablecloths work really well), some bias tape in coordinating colors and a sewing machine!

I used an old curtain panel and an apron that was a little torn up.


I used one of my regular dish towels and cut around it for my new tea towels.


Isn't that fabric adorable?!


The edges are easy to finish with some bias tape (extra wide, double fold) in coordinating colors.
It is easier to start adding the bias tape in the middle of one side rather than on a corner. One side of the bias tape will be slightly wider than the other, place the widest side so it is on the back (wrong side) of the fabric and clip or pin it so the fabric is sandwiched between.


Then stitch close to the edge along the front (right side) of the fabric, this will catch the back/wider side of the bias tape and finish the edges of the towel.



Once you get to the corner you'll turn the bias tape and create a little miter by folding the corner like so.



Once you have made it back around to the beginning where you started you'll overlap to cover the ends.


Open the tape up all the way.


Then fold the end in to hide the raw edges.


and then fold it back how it was originally.


Stitch it down to complete the towel!


Look how cute!




Add some cute kitchen utensils and a fancy spice or some tea and you have a pretty sweet little gift for a special someone!

I found these wooden utensils with the painted handles at Ross and the Pink Himalayan Salt at TJMaxx!


The utensils came in a white mesh back which I repurposed and tied around them!


You could also do something cute like fold them up and put them in a vintage berry container!


Add a cute coffee mug and some fancy tea!