Kitchen towel size
32 x 22 1/2 inches. For a different towel size increase or decrease the pattern below when printing.
Embroidery
Embroidery stitch: stem stitch (stem stitch video tutorial – link will open in another window)
Download pattern
- French cuisine tea towel embroidery (pdf – 3 pages)
- French cuisine tea towel embroidery (pdf – 3 pages) – alternative text and font
The download files print as 3 separate pages that need to be trimmed and taped. You can adjust the output percentage if your tea towel is smaller.
Align the text well and tape together.
Trace the text on white cotton fabric.
Important: There is a spelling mistake on my embroidery (ile flottante is supposed to have a double t). This has been corrected in the download patterns.
Stitch both strips and place over the kitchen towel.
Iron with the seams open.
Placing panel on kitchen towel
First make a small 1/4 inch fold on each side of the panel and iron well.
To place the panel, fold the floral fabric in two, align the folded edge of the floral fabric with the edge of the tea towel and pin to the tea towel. This will make the tea towel longer by 2 inches or so.
The shorter sides need to be folded in as well to match the width of the kitchen towel before you fold the floral fabric over (see picture).
Stitch on the seam line between the embroidery and the floral fabric and then again at the very edge of the red strip.
Sewn Up 
Beautiful~ I love the trim choice too. Thanks so much for sharing this beaut.
LikeLike
What a fab pattern, thanks for sharing! I doubt after all that embroidering that I’d let anyone use it!
LikeLike
I’m sorry I have to point a mistake : it is ” île flottante ” with two T in the middle… (I’m french)
But I find this is a very good patern idea !
LikeLike
Jub, you’re right. Thank you for pointing this mistake out. As much as I looked at it for mistakes I didn’t realise about the double tt. I’ll correct the download though it’s a bit late for my own tea towel… Sigh…
LikeLike
Don’t worry, it will make your towel absolutely unique, as nobody will have the exact same text !!! ^^
(and I don’t think many people will see that, it’s only because I’m french. I like to take a look at foreign blogs, it’s so fresh)
LikeLike
It will certainly make it unique! I’m more worried about people who have downloaded the pattern already. Oh well, like you say, few people will notice.
LikeLike
This is so sweet! Thank you for sharing! And please, send thoughts to the embroidery fairy as I try to better my skillz ;P
LikeLike
Savanah, granted!
LikeLike
So pretty! Pinned to my Needle & Thread Embroidery board! 🙂
LikeLike
Would flour sack towels work for this project as well? I have a few of them left over, and I would love to have something to do with them.I love the border with the blue stripes and yellow and pink polka dot pattern. Where did you get the fabric for that? Thanks for the great tutorial.
LikeLike
You can probably use flour sac towels for this project. I don’t see why not.
LikeLike
can you show how you do the stitches? they look very nice i have the main concept on how i just need alittle guidance in technique….
LikeLike
Hi Sandy, have you checked this video? http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6815834084306092229 or this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebgWq9AqyY
LikeLike
Wonderful ! I love ! Merci beaucoup 😉
LikeLike
your tutorials are wonderful, thank you
LikeLike