DIY Stenciled Christmas Kitchen Towels
If you are looking for quick, cheap and easy ways to bring the holidays into your home these Christmas Kitchen Towels are perfect. With only costing $4 for four towels you can gift them and make some for yourself.
Before I got started I washed and ironed my towels. My towels shrunk about 5 inches so it may make a difference in sizing and placement of the stencil. It is pretty much impossible to get the wrinkles completely out, but I tried my best.
Start out by creating a stencil. I created four festive stencils with my Silhouette Cameo. You can get these FREE graphics in my Resource Library through the link.
I used freezer paper for a couple of the stencils. The freezer paper works awesome on fabric because the shiny side of the paper when ironed, adheres very well to the fabric creating a tight seal. And bonus it's cheaper than vinyl.
Note, stencils on freezer paper work best with clean, straighter lines. Curvy lines and script fonts do not cut as well on the freezer paper. For the curvy images, I used contact paper for the stencil.
If you choose to use freezer paper place the shiny side of the freezer paper face down on the cutting mat.
Once the stencil is cut, remove the freezer paper from the cutting mat. Most of the insides of the stencil will remain on the cutting mat. Next, I centered the stencil and used an iron to press the freezer paper to the fabric. Then using a weeding tool, tooth pic or wooden skewer remove the insides of the stencil and place in their correct letters. Again press the iron on top of these pieces to adhere to the freezer paper. I recommend pressing the iron down and not a back and forth motion as this can cause the little pieces to move.
Now that the stencil is ready, grab your painting supplies. Using a pouncer or flat end paintbrush I applied paint to the stencil. Blot excess paint off and apply paint with an up and down blotting motion.
This helps to prevent any bleeding under the stencil. I allowed this to dry then I touched up a second coat. Once completely dry remove the stencil. I repeated this for all four towels.
I love how they turned out! Think of all the different holidays, seasons or themes you can make these for.
If you are looking for other Christmas crafts check out this mountain Christmas ornament made from a pallet and these DIY rustic Christmas ornaments.
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Tiffany
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