Teal & Chevron Kitchen Towels {DIY}

So I was in Target a couple weeks ago and saw some cute black and white chevron kitchen towels.  I snagged 2 of them up!  If you follow me on Instagram, Facebook, or  Twitter then you got a glimpse at the new towels!
So I ran home all excited about my new goodies!  I barely got my foot through the door before I was tearing into the Target bag and pulling out the pretty, new towels to hang them on my stove handle.  I stood back and looked at them and I didn’t love them.  {Enter sad face here}.  Boo!  So they hung there for a week or so kinda plain and boring. 
Then, a couple days ago I ran to Dollar Tree to pick up something real quick.  I was walking to the checkout register when I saw these fun, bright colored terry kitchen towels!  They had a bright green, yellow, orange (I think), and teal.  They were so fun!  So I snagged 3 teal ones.  I knew immediately what I was going to do!

Yup!  The chevron towels took one look at the teal towels and they immediately fell in love.  They got married.  Mr. Brother married them in a very quaint ceremony.  Ok…..enough with the dorky wedding talk!  How do you guys even stick around here??
So my initial thought was to just sew a piece of one of the chevron towels to the teal towel and sew some ribbon on (you know I’ve gotta tie it to the oven so Lil Mama won’t constantly yank them down). 
So I cut the chevron towel in a wide strip to go at the bottom of the teal towel.

I sewed about a 1/4 inch seam at the top so it would look finished.

Then I sewed it to the teal towel and sewed the ribbon on.


Yay!  I loved it.  But I thought this little towel looked a little lonely.  I decided my kitchen needs something more than just teal and chevron.  How about ruffles, teal, and chevron!!  Oh yes ma’am!

Much better!! 
I basically just cut the 2nd chevron towel into 3.5 inch strips.  I set my sewing machine to the longest stitch length and set the tension to the tightest setting.  Another little trick I use when sewing ruffles is to hold the top thread between my pointer finger and thumb as I sew.  This adds a little extra tension and causes it to ruffle a little more.
It took 3 ruffle strips to go across the teal towel and I did two rows.

Love, love, love!  It was just the pop of color I needed in my kitchen.  And I love that they are the same, but not matchy matchy!
What do you think?  These fun, bright towels kind of have me itching for Spring (even though we’ve been having Spring-like weather here in Florida).
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