| Now that you have designed your Terry-towels, i.e. | | | | the start of creating your embellished and decorative |
| hand-sew them, you may want to add binds and | | | | towels. Towels make great bathroom accessories, |
| scallop. Before we get started you will need to | | | | since the colors will augment your environment. Now |
| purchase an unadorned Terry towel, or towel of | | | | you are ready to add bands and lace trim to your |
| choice. Preferably, you want to select washable cloth, | | | | towel. |
| as well as medium-weight material. Consider taffeta, | | | | How to create bands: |
| satin, or polyester. | | | | To formulate strips, you will need another plain or |
| How to create binds and scallop: | | | | unadorned towel. Again, you want to consider fabrics, |
| Once you have your materials gathered, (1) use tissue | | | | which you can wash by machine. Polyester is good, as |
| paper to create the edge of your scallop. When you | | | | well as satins or taffeta. Choose medium-weight cloth. |
| draw the edge of the scallop, add an odd figure in the | | | | (1) Starting at the hems of your textile reduce a strip |
| pattern, especially odd enough to create a curve. | | | | of your towel. You want to make the width of the |
| Create a 1 inch depth, starting at the lower point and | | | | band three times smaller in width than the finished |
| work toward the high point. Now with your tissue in | | | | breadth. Next, use your rotary hedge clippers or sewer |
| hand, fasten it to the towel, using craft pins. Next, use | | | | scissors and cut one-inch strip, extending a |
| rotary cutters, or sewing scissors to trim the edges of | | | | considerable distance than your breadth. (2) Facing |
| your scallop. | | | | down to the right, put your strip on the fabric and level: |
| (2) Use your rotary cutters and/or scissors to carve | | | | Once you finish ironing the surface, avoid distorting or |
| the strip of hems and start piecing the strips, joining it | | | | stretching your fabric, and press aloft. Press so that it |
| so that it creates your strip bind. Lengthways, press | | | | balances with the bandwidth. (3) On the opposite side, |
| your strip until it folds in half and on the left side. Avoid | | | | press aloft: Press the borders of the strip, forcing the |
| misleading the width of your strip. | | | | edges between and balancing it with the width of your |
| (3) Next, on the right side of your fabric, pin the strip | | | | finished work. At the top layers, and at the raw edges, |
| bind. (4) Scant darn quarter inch starting at the raw | | | | press the edge if the two do not join. (4) About half |
| edges. (5) In the direction of the lower border or edge, | | | | inch, press the cloth under at the narrow piece ends of |
| press the narrow piece. Over the fabric, fold the | | | | the hems. |
| binding ends over to the side of your cloth. Press and | | | | Do not stretch your material. Fasten the strip hems |
| enfold your bind about the border/edges of your | | | | with pins in the location of choice. At the outer edges |
| scallop and secure it with pins. Make sure that the pins | | | | of your fabric, begin stitching and bend the narrow |
| insert into the trench of the seams. (6) At the trench, | | | | piece. Darn your textile on each side of your cloth, |
| begin stitching in the direction of the right plane. On the | | | | darning until you sew the ends: Next, stitch your lace |
| left plane, baste, using the catch bind scheme. | | | | and serger. |
| You have completed your scallop and binding, which is | | | | |