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KITCHEN BOA instructions by TOOGIE
Supplies needed
1 Kitchen towel
9inch x WOF (45inch)
regular supplies for sewing and embroidering * I suggest a design no wider than 4 inches across. I will explain why later.
Step 1-Fold and mark your towel in half, placing top and bottom hems together. Now on one half, find center of that half, and mark placement for embroidery.
Step 2-Embroider design of your choice, after hooping with tearaway under towel and washaway on top.
Step 3-* Read all this step before doing*-After removing towel from hoop, cut in half, along the first line you marked. The reason we didn't cut earlier when we marked is, so you would have enough towel to hoop. Now I serge or overlock my cut edges. IF you don't have a serger, zigzag BEFORE you cut, zigzag TWICE, each time on side of line. In other words you will have 2 lines of zigzag stitches, with the marked line in the center. NOW cut on the line. It is easier to zigzag this before you cut, but keep your stitching evenly distanced from line.
Step 4-Placing towel face down on table, start folding towel on one side from center 2 inches, bring to center, and fold back to outer edge, then bring side to center again. (See photo2) Pin. Do the same on other edge while still lying with face down. Do this for both halves of your towel. Stitch across the 4 inch folds to hold together. (Now you see why your design shouldn't be wider than 4 inches).
Step 5-With your fabric cut 9 x 45, or width of fabric, take to ironing board and keeping your selvege edge on, iron and fold down about 5/8 inch on each short end.-Pin along long 45 inch edge by placing right sides together. Sew with your regular machine, along the length you have pinned leaving ends open. Edge finish this long seam with zigzag, if you didn't serge. Turn right side out and press, with your seam in the center back, NOT along the side edge.
Step 6-Place your ends of folded towel, inside the hole on each end of your fabric strip, which is now your boa. Place your stitching line where you stitched across your folds, just inside, making sure the center back seam of your boa, matches the center of your folded towel edges. (refer to photo2 again) I baste stitch first, (because I don't like to rip tight stiches-lol) just to make sure I catch both the front and back edge of my boa. Check and see you have caught all the towel inside and both front and back of the boa edges. If good, then I stitch a back and forth stitch (it might be called a stretch stitch). I lengthen mine to a #3.5. You don't want your stitches too big, as you do want it to hold good. I stitch at the folded edge and then about 1/4 inch or 3/8 in away, just try keeping it evenly spaced. That's it, now enjoy!