A Little Kitchen Spice

I'm in the mood for sewing projects

to spice up the kitchen!

As a big Flickr fan,

I know there have been swaps for that,

but I haven't ever participated in an Official Swap before.

{My mug rug swap with Amanda of The Patchsmith was the closest thing I've done yet, and that was such fun that I'm sure I'll sign up for an Official Swap someday.}

Flickr has dozens of sweet and spicy projects for inspiration!

From Flickr

Do you see that adorable tea towel in the upper left corner of the mosaic???

Well, I did a little bit of research online,

and I found the tutorial at Pin.Sew.Press

for the Stay-Put Kitchen Towel.

{Isn't that the cutest idea?!?!?!}

I found some soft, cushy tea towels at my local craft store,

just like those waffle weaves in the mosaic above.

{I got three of them to start with...barn red, white and turquoise

...and I just went back for more today.  There was only one of the green ones left!}

I found some pretty prints and got started.

Here's the first one I made, 

using a barn red towel.

I love the cherries and vines in the black and red colorway,

 both from Recipe for Friendship

by Mary Engelbreit for Moda.

{I like to name my projects...I call this towel Black Cherry.}

For the turquoise towel,

I used some polka dots paired up with a print

from Bonnie and Camille's line for Moday called Bliss.

{I shall name this one Dotted Bliss.}

I love the ribbon ties, but I started to think...

and I started to worry...

will those pretty ribbons make it through

dozens of wash and dry cycles?

Hmmmm....

For the next towel I finished off the sides with covered buttons,

instead of ties at the sides.

{I still needed to use ribbon inside the casing, 

to gather the towel for shaping.}

I was going to name this one Cherry Vanilla,
but instead I've decided to call it Mine.

{Yeah...I'm keeping this one in my own kitchen.}

Do you know of any fun kitchen tutorials?

{Please share in a comment, if you do!}