Definition Art Tea Towels

One of the best things about owning a Silhouette is all of the cool gifts that I can make with it!  I always get, “You made this?!  How did you make this?”  I made these cute definition art tea towels as teacher appreciation gifts for Evan’s kindergarten teachers.  They loved them!  So fun for any kitchen decor!

Wrap the tea towels up with some cookies and a note, and you’ve got yourself a simple homemade gift!

Want to start making your own impressive handmade gifts?  Silhouette is having a promotion right now for their machines bundled with the Designer Edition of their software.  Some really great deals considering the Designer Edition software by itself normally sells for $49.99!  Here are the bundles you can get:

– Silhouette CAMEO® plus the Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition software for $269.99

– Silhouette Portrait™ plus the Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition software for $129.99

– The Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition software for $24.99

If you have been waiting to buy a Silhouette, now is the time!  What makes the Silhouette so special is that you can cut any shape that you can dream up, and the Designer Edition of the software makes creating your own custom shapes SO much easier. You will eventually want the designer edition, so best to get it while it’s on sale!

These tea towels were so easy to make!  All you need is a flour sack tea towel, some vinyl, and some fabric paint.  I got the tea towels at the craft store in the embroidery section.  They are the same kind I used to make Audrey’s flour sack towel skirt.  Wash and iron them first.

I made the cut file using the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition.  The fonts I used were Type Wrong, Arial, and Times New Roman.  I used the circle tool to make the circle after the “kitch” in kitch-en.  Easy peasy!  You can even download the free cut file here if you want.

Cut your vinyl, peel out the letters, and transfer your stencil onto the bottom, middle of your tea towel.

Take some black matte fabric paint and paint over the stencil.  Just be careful not to shove the paint under the vinyl.  Silhouette also makes a fabric ink that I am dying to try!

Wait for the paint to dry and then peel off your stencil.  Voila!  Now just heat set the paint and you are done.  Follow the instructions on your paint.  This usually involves ironing or throwing it in the dryer.

 

Go check out my other Silhouette craft tutorials to see what else you can make with this awesome machine!

**edit: I made a second tea towel!  You can see that one here.**

Cutesy Crafts is an affiliate of Silhouette America and will receive a commission if my promo code is used. As part of Silhouette’s promotion, I was given a free product to use. All opinions are my own. To read my full disclosures click here.