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Crinoline Ladies are fun and elegant. They make for pretty

towel toppers for the kitchen too! For the tea towel, be sure

to use a thin cotton tea towel. The Crinoline Lady Toppers

are stitched completely in the hoop. The hanger tab is

stitched separately, also in the hoop. The tea towel is sewn

on using a sewing machine. Add lace or ribbon trims to the

tea towel before adding it to the towel topper, to give your

tea towel that extra bit of charm. A small button is sewn

onto the back of the topper to fasten the tab to the back of

the Crinoline Lady.

There are two sizes: Once for the 6”x10” hoop and one for

the 5”x7” hoop. Instructions for both are found in this

“How To”

Have fun making yours!

Materials:

Hard Tear Away Stabilizer Madeira Temporary Spray Adhesive

Plain Cotton Fabric Printed Cotton Fabric

Thin Batting Small Button

Embroidery Thread Thin Cotton Tea Towel

Crinoline Lady Towel Topper 3




6”x10” sizes (5”x7” sizes)

Load the design onto your machine. Hoop 1 layer of hard tear away stabilizer. Stitch the first color.

This is a die line on the stabilizer. Cut a piece of batting 7” x 11” (6”x8”). Spray the stabilizer with Ma-

deira Temporary Spray Adhesive and place the batting over the die line. Cut a piece of white cotton

fabric 7”x11”(6”x8”). Spray the batting with Madeira Temporary Spray Adhesive. Place the cotton fab-

ric onto the batting. Stitch the second color stop. This is a tack down to hold the batting in place.

Stitch color stop 3 - white. This is the die line for the skirt. Cut a piece of blue printed cotton bigger

than the die line. Spray the area with Madeira Temporary Spray Adhesive and place the blue cotton

fabric over the die line. Stitch color stop 4 - blue. This is the tack down. Remove the hoop from the ma-

chine and trim away the excess blue fabric. Stitch out the rest of the design until there are 5 color stops

left. Remove the hoop from the machine. Turn it over so that the back side of the hoop faces up. Spray

the stabilizer with Madeira Temporary Adhesive Spray. Cut a piece of white cotton fabric

7”x11”(6”x8”) and place over the stitched area. Put the hoop back into the machine and stitch color

stop 15. This is a tack down. Remove the hoop from the machine and trim away the excess fabric from

both sides of the hoop. Put the hoop back into the machine and stitch the last 4 color stops.




Remove the design from the stabilizer.

For the Hanger

Load the hanger design onto your machine. The same hanger design is used for both the 6”x10” design

as well as for the 5”x7” design.

Hoop 1 layer of hard tear away stabilizer. Stitch the first color stop. This is the die line. Cut a piece of

batting 3”x8”. Spray the stabilizer with Madeira Temporary Spray Adhesive. Cut 2 pieces of white cot-

ton fabric. Spray the batting with Madeira Temporary Spray Adhesive. Place one piece of white cotton

fabric over the batting. Turn the hoop over so the back side faces up. Spray the stabilizer with Madeira

Temporary Spray Adhesive. Place the second piece of white cotton fabric onto the stabilizer. Put the

hoop into the machine and stitch color stop 2. Remove the hoop from the machine. Trim away excess

fabric from both sides of the hoop. Put the hoop back into the machine and stitch color stop 3. Remove

the hanger piece from the stabilizer. Cut open the button hole.




Putting the Crinoline Lady Towel Topper 1 together

First take your tea towel and cut it in half. You only use 1 half for the towel topper.

Fold the tea towel 1/3 down and cut. Over cast or serge any raw edges. Using your sewing machine,

sew on pieces of lace or ribbon to decorate the edges. Leave the edges that will go onto the topper with-

out decoration. Place the smaller piece onto the larger piece. Using a long straight stitch, stitch two

rows next to each other so the tea towel can be gathered. Gather the tea towel so that it will fit the top-

per.. Use a matching blue thread on your sewing machine, select a narrow zigzag stitch (I used a 3 or a

3.5 wide stitch) Place the topper on top of the gathered edge of the tea towel and stitch the topper to the

tea towel. Place the hanger under the topper, just under the “hat” of the topper. Stitch the hanger to the

topper. Cut open the button hole on the hanger. Fold the hanger down and mark the button hole open-

ing onto the back of the topper. Stitch a button to the back of the topper. The Crinoline Lady Towel

Topper is ready to use.

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