Tea Towel Apron Appliqued With Fun Whimsical Houses

This tea towel apron is super simple to make, and it’s decorated with fabric houses appliqued at the bottom, for a fun whimsical look.

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If you know someone who likes to use an apron while they cook, you will love this tea towel apron tutorial. It’s easy to make, and you can use some of your scrap fabric to decorate the bottom in the shape of houses.  This project uses a white tea towel or flour sack measuring 28 inches by 28 inches. I had a couple left over from the handwritten family tea towel project, and thought the size worked perfectly for an apron.

You’ve seen many of these fabrics on other projects here, like the fabric bowl covers, sore muscle bags and scented padded hangers. Any scrap fabric would work. Just cut out shapes and have fun creating different sized houses and buildings to fill the space.

Use stitchery tape to keep the fabric in place. If you haven’t used it before, this tape is just a bit of webbing that you can place between the fabric and the tea towel. Just iron the top fabric. The heat will melt the webbing, acting like a glue. 

 

Once the pieces are in place, you can attach them permanently with a simple zigzag stitch. I used white thread but a fun contrasting thread, like a bright blue or green for this fabric, would look good too. Even if you don’t have a sewing machine you can hand stitch the edges with a contrasting thread or white in large stitches to give it stability and a cute look.

Creating the apron couldn’t be easier. Just fold down the corners at the top and stitch along the fold with 1/4 inch seam. Trim off the excess fabric.

Add some twill tape at the top to hang around your neck. I used a piece that was 20 inches.

Then add more twill tape on the sides, to tie the apron onto the body. I used 24 inches for each side to tie a bow in the back. You may want to make these longer if you like to tie the apron in the back, and then around to the front.

Tea Towel Apron With Fun Whimsical Houses

Wouldn’t this make a great gift? Though I have not tested it, Aleene makes a washable fabric glue that you could try, if you didn’t want to use a sewing machine. And, as I mentioned, you could also stitch this project by hand.

This tea towel apron is a fun creative project to make. I bet you already have many of these items on hand. Will you make one for yourself or for a friend or family member? How about one with Christmas fabric, for your favorite holiday baker. Wrap up a bottle of wine in the apron to take to your next party as a hostess “thank-you” gift. Lots of possibilities with this one. I hope you try it.