DIY Dip-Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

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DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

I’ve had some plain flour sack towels sitting in my supply closet for literally years, just waiting and waiting and waiting for me to figure out something cool to do with them. I had this idea that I wanted to make some towels with words on them somehow, but I just couldn’t quite figure it out. Embroidery? Too hard. Stencil and paint? Didn’t really feel like it. So when I teamed up with Epson to try out their iron-on label maker, I knew exactly how I wanted to use that bad boy.

I love these things. Probably entirely too much. I love how the sharp typography contrasts with the dreamy dip dye, and I love that you can make ’em say whatever you want! I plan to make a million of ’em saying different things and use them as hostess gifts. But before that, let me tell you how to make your very own.

Materials

Make Time: 1 Hour (Plus Drying Time)

1. Decide on the phrases you’d like to use. I think it could be so fun to make these as a gift and use the recipient’s go-to catch phrases! Like, if I made some for Ryan they’d just all say “Nailed It.”
2. Type your phrases into the Epson label maker. Decide on your font and style (I love that you can change it up!), and hit print. Print all four phrases. Set aside.
3. Prepare a dye bath for your towels. In a bowl, combine about 1/3 of the bottle of dye with 2-3 cups of very hot water. (I adjusted the measurements a bit to get a more saturated color in a shorter amount of time!)
4. Fold your towel in quarters. Wearing rubber gloves (if you don’t want pink or blue fingers), dip about two thirds of the towel into the dye, starting with the unfolded ends. To create a slight ombre effect, leave just the ends in the dye the longest — we left these in for about five minutes.
5. Repeat the process for each color of towel (or do them all the same color!). Rinse all the excess dye from the towels and give them a quick run through the washing machine on cold. Dry and iron each towel.
6. Trim the ends of your iron on labels. Arrange them to your liking on your towel.
7. Carefully press down directly on the labels once they’re in place. Press firmly for about 10 seconds to adhere them to the towel.

Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towel Tutorial

DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen TowelsTake these gorgeous things out at your next party and have a ball! Better yet, make a bunch of them for your guests to take home as party favors. Aren’t they so fun?! And now: go treat yo’ self. xoxo

DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

DIY Dip Dye Typography Kitchen Towels

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20 Comments

  1. Oh my word — those plates!! Must now where they are from! ha!

    Love this tutorial for the towels. Such a great gift idea for springtime! ….or for myself! Pinning now! Thank you!

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  4. LOVE this idea! And your phrases are perfect! Have you tried washing the towels yet, are the labels really permanent? So cool!

  5. This is a lovely idea, and perfect for sprucing up the kitchen . Great way to recycle some towels too!

  6. Hi lovely one I am curious about the labels! How obvious are they ie of you run your finger over them on the tea towel do they feel stiff or raised at all? I have never seen anything like this before! You are amazing!

  7. obvs late to the party, but I’m so jeal of your l4t plates- they were off like zingo on this coast. Days like that, made me wonder which target I’d have hit up in the ol’ hometown 🙂

    1. Haha, word! We breezed into Target that morning thinking we had totally missed the boat but there wasn’t a soul there and the shelves were stocked. We had to laugh. 😉

  8. I’m redecorating my kitchen and really don’t have any ideas as to a “theme” or colors and I think these would make for great towels since Ir eally don’t have any ideas! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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