Toweling

I have a large piece of linen toweling that my mother-in-law gave me at one time. It used to be purchased by the yard, and was used to make kitchen towels out of. The edges are all finished, and when a new towel was in order, all that needed doing was to cut off the appropriate length from the toweling, hem the two ends, and a new towel would be all ready to grace the kitchen. Recently, I discovered that Moda now sells toweling yardage. It is made out of cotton instead of the linen, and comes in several colors. I purchased several yards of the red/blue and the yellow/green combinations.

Because it is made of cotton, I decided to pre-wash the yardage first, and cut it after it had shrunk. I cut my pieces 27 inches long, and hemmed the top and bottom edges. The towels would have been ready for use after this simple finishing; but I decided to go ahead and add some embroidery just for fun.