Seen this on Pinterest some time ago. I cannot find it now, of course! Sometimes
the designer isn't always obvious on Pinterest, nor is there necessarily a
tutorial so I will let you know how I did it.
I do remember that she had sewn a bunch of scallops on her fabric but
that looked like too much work for me! This towel is much better than the snap closing ones that
can end up getting pulled off the oven door.
To make the
pattern, trace a 9.5 x 5” rectangle onto a piece of paper. Mark a center line. I used my platter to trace a curve.
Cut 2 fabric and
two light weight interfacing from this pattern.
Fuse interfacing to wrong sides of fabric. Press up bottom long edges.
Pin and sew 1/4" around the
two short ends and across the curve with right sides together.
Trim with pinking shears.
Turn inside out
and press with iron.
Unfold bottom
long edges. Measure up 2” from there and
draw a line, stopping at 1” from each side.
Draw another line ¼” away from the first one and make a ‘box’.
Use your
buttonhole stitch to sew around the box you just drew. Sew it twice for security, using a slightly
wider buttonhole stitch for the second round.
Cut top edge of towel. It should be no longer than 20”.
Make tucks in the
top of the towel to fit the fabric opening.
Stitch across
using a ¾” seam allowance.
Tuck the towel up
inside the fabric. Put the right side of
the towel to the wrong side of the fabric.
Sew with a zigzag
stitch through all thicknesses on the right side as that is what you will see
once it is hanging then top stitch all the way around the fabric from the right
side.
Cut the
buttonhole with small scissors.
To hang the towel,
slip the fabric over the oven handle with right side facing outwards. Put the towel through the buttonhole in fabric. Pull fabric to the top.
This towel can't be pulled off so easily every time
someone needs to dry their hands.
