Wash dry and iron the tea towel.

Scan the handwritten family recipe into your computer as an image. If you don't have a scanner take a picture with a phone and email it to yourself.

Import the image into a Word document or other software and reverse the image. This way when you iron the paper onto the tea towel the letters will be in the correct direction.

Use the template above for a festive border if desired and import your image inside.

Print out onto transfer paper.

Follow the directions on the transfer paper and iron the image onto the tea towel. Be careful not to let the iron sit in any one area too long or it may turn brown.