I recently received some of the new ”Sewable” Fabric Interfacing from Silhouette America to test out in my Silhouette Machine. I have been wanting to make some Monogrammed Hand Towels since making this stenciled hand towel for Valentine’s Day. I was initially planning on stenciling them but immediately changed my mind when the sewable fabric interfacing arrived. This project literally took me about 15 minutes to complete and I had all the products already on hand…Love it when that happens!
It was a really easy process. First I simply made an “H” in my Silhouette program using Times New Roman font, 4 inches tall.
Then I took a large rectangle of some black and white polka dot fabric that I had left-over from another projects {found at JoAnn’s a couple of years ago}, and ironed it directly onto the fabric interfacing {on the opposite side of the paper}. Make sure the right side of your fabric is facing up.
Then I took my scissors and cut out around the material and folded up the unused fabric interfacing and saved it for future projects.
Peel away the paper layer from the back of the material.
Then for the best part. Cut out your fabric with your Silhouette Machine. This is seriously so awesome! I think it has to be one of my favorite features of the Silhouette America machine.
To cut the fabric, simply place the fabric and the interfacing onto the Silhouette cutting mat. I cut mine with settings at a speed of 3 and a thickness of 33 and it cut the fabric perfectly! Oh man! I LOVE this feature! Where was this when I was cutting all those circles for The Heartfelt Wreath??
Simply peel away the outside fabric so that you are left with your letter.
Carefully peel your letter from the Silhouette Mat. Then I took a white hand towel that I found in a two Pack from Wal-Mart. I folded the hand towel in half lengthwise so that I would know where the exact middle of the towel was. Then I gently folded my letter in half and placed it on the lower half of the towel to get a good centered placement.
Hold your letter carefully in place and unfold your towel and you should have a good centered placement of your monogrammed letter. Iron the letter into place on the towel. This is a temporary hold so that you can sew it into place.
I sewed around all of the edges with some white thread so that the stitching would stand out a bit and made sure to back stitch to keep it on the towel permanently and securely.
And that is it! Super simple right? If you don’t sew on a sewing machine, this would be just as easy to do with some simple hand stitching! And if you don’t have a silhouette machine, you could simply stencil them with fabric paint or cut out your own letter by tracing onto your fabric and cutting it out with a pair of scissors. Because it is one letter it shouldn’t be too difficult or time consuming. These would be great wedding, shower, Christmas or even birthday gifts!
I like them so much I want to make one for the kitchen and some other bathrooms…and why not all my friends. This project cost me a total of $1.25…or the price on one hand towel…Not too bad…ehhh?
And guess what? As a Silhouette affiliate I am able to offer my readers a special promotion good only this week, March 21-27th! What is this great deal? Use the promo code IDEAROOM at checkout when you purchase a Silhouette SD, you will also receive one package of each fabric interfacing (clean cut & sewable) and a roll of white flocked heat transfer material for only $229. If you already have a Silhouette, use the promo code IDEAROOM at checkout to receive a 25% discount on fabric interfacing. But hurry it is only good through March 27th.
Click on button if you are interested in this promotion and it will take you right to Silhouette’s site.
**I did not get paid any compensation for this post. I did however receive some Sewable Fabric Interfacing to keep for my own and review. All opinions are mine and mine alone.
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Melanie@Reasons to Skip the Housework says
These are so simple! I have a Silhouette but don’t have the Fabric Interfacing yet – but I need to get it! I’d love for you to link up at today’s Tuesday Time out Party!
Smiles,
Melanie
Reasons To Skip The Housework
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Kimberlee says
How great is that? Love it!
~Kimberlee
http://www.TheSpunkyDiva.com
Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says
This is such an awesome idea! Love it!!
Julie says
Super cute! I’d love to do this one.
amy says
Wow! You made this look so simple. What lovely gifts these hand towels would make. I am going to try this even though I just learned to sew this weekend. Not sure how neat my stitches will be, but defintely worth trying!! Thank you for sharing your creative projects.
Rhalina says
Hi, such a great idea! I’d like to pin this but can’t seem to find a pinterest button, do you have one? Am I just missing it?
Amy says
My earlier posts don’t have pin it buttons on them as Pinterest was not around yet. I am working on going back and adding them. I will try and get to this one today!