Jen Goode with 100 Directions is back this month with an adorable DIY mason jar tea towel. Get your supplies and make one for yourself!
I love to add a little extra touch in the kitchen with fun, decorative tea towels. So I’ve created an art set you can use to create your own easy DIY mason jar tea towel.
The printable set comes with 6 different colored mason jar art images along with 6 heart or star icons. Create a whole tea towel set, or just pick your favorite to add a fun, handmade kitchen accent.
Supplies Needed
These tea towels are quick to make and can be personalized with all kinds of hand stitching and other personalized accents. I can’t wait to see what kind of craft fun you create!
- Printable Mason Jar Art Page by Jen Goode
- Tea Towel to customize
- Printer and printable iron-on t-shirt material or printable fabric
- White cotton fabric
- Needle and thread
- Scissors
- Iron
Tip: I used a white cotton canvas to iron the art on to before sewing to my tea towel. However, You could iron the art directly on to your tea towel. If the towel has a patterned texture, I suggest adding the extra layer of fabric to keep the design clean and smooth.
How to Make the Mason Jar Tea Towel
You can also make these using the print then cut feature on your Cricut machine. If you’re new to that process, se how to use printable heat transfer vinyl.
Get instructions for how to use Siser EasyColor DTV here.
- Download the printable mason jar art (it’s available on my blog here).
- Print the mason jar art on to printable iron-on t-shirt transfers or printable fabric.
- Cut out the art design you want to use. Trim around all the art edges leaving as little white as possible.
- Iron the art on to the fabric or your towel, as directed by the iron-on transfer instructions.
- Cut out the ironed art.
- Sew art to the tea towel. I layered the jar design and heart design, ironing each design to fabric and then stitching in place. I used a basic, simple straight stitch, but you can get fancy with your sewing if you’d like.
- Embellish the design with additional stitching or sewn on accents as desired.
Supplies
- Printable Mason Jar Art Page by Jen Goode
- Tea Towel to customize
- Printer and printable iron-on t-shirt material or printable fabric
- White cotton fabric
- Needle and thread
- Scissors
- Iron
Instructions
- You can also make these using the print then cut feature on your Cricut machine. If you’re new to that process, se how to use printable heat transfer vinyl.
- Download the printable mason jar art (it’s available on my blog here).
- Print the mason jar art on to printable iron-on t-shirt transfers or printable fabric.
- Cut out the art design you want to use. Trim around all the art edges leaving as little white as possible.
- Iron the art on to the fabric or your towel, as directed by the iron-on transfer instructions.
- Cut out the ironed art.
- Sew art to the tea towel. I layered the jar design and heart design, ironing each design to fabric and then stitching in place. I used a basic, simple straight stitch, but you can get fancy with your sewing if you’d like.
- Embellish the design with additional stitching or sewn on accents as desired.
I recommend washing this tea towel by hand to preserve the art as much as possible. If you use Siser EasyColor DTV, it will hold up a little better in the wash.
Mix and match the mason jar art pieces to create your own unique tea towels. You can also use this art to make all kinds of fun accents for your kitchen! Add your own accents, sew on cute sparkles or pretty hand stitched designs. I’d love to see how you decorate your own mason jar tea towel.
Love this and looking for more? Try the links below for mason jar crafts that are perfect for your kitchen.
Have gone back and forth from your post to Jen Goode’s, where exactly do I click to find the printable mason jars, etc. for this project? Am I missing something somewhere? Help. Would o love to make these towels. Hope to hear from you soon.
You should see a download button here Jane:
http://www.100directions.com/mason-jar-printable-art-for-crafting/
That tea towel is so sweet!
Looks like a very easy way to add a little touch of fun to a tea towel. I love having the heart on the mason jar!
Mason jars are such a homey and lovely image! As a canner of veggies, I especially love this idea!
Angie, what cute tea towels! I love Jen’s watercolor design and they look perfect on the towels. You made it look easy in the tutorial you showed us. I can see how using the T-shirt as the first layer would be helpful.
That is cute as can be!! They would be such a fun gift, I know my mom would love one!
These are so cute. A great DIY project. These would make a great gift idea. Thank you so much for sharing this