I have not done cross stitch on a towel but when I have sewed on a towel I put the disolvable stuff under and over the pile before embroidering the design. No doubt someone will be along who has done cross stitch. Happy sewing

When sewing on any terry you want to use solvy on the top (or some kind of water solvable stabilizer I use it on both sides of the towel or you can use a tear a way on the bottom

Good Luck
B.Hahn

Good question,i keep a stash of face washers thick and thin to test designs. This way you can see the colours and stiching. These make good gifts for friends,school fates ect. I have found the thickness of the towels indicate the result.

Deborah, sorry, I haven't done x-stitch on towels, and I think the stitches may be too small, not sure. Is the design listed as 14, 16 or 18? That might make a difference to the finished look on a towel. But just hang-in there as someone else will possibly know.

If not and you want to try it you could embroider on an old towel/washer first. And just think, if you do use your new towel and it doesn't look right - you have an embroidered cloth for doing the dusting etc, haha. Hugs and flowers for you sweetie, and if you do x-stitch the towel, I'd be interested to know how it went.

I read some where that you must stitch the design more than once to get the affect on towels if you doing X stitch.
I have not yet tested it though - good luck
Yvonne

Hello dkjack, I did a towel with Xstitch. See link below. I did it the same way as any other design on towels and I think it turned out well. Good luck with yours.

I HAVE DONE CROSS STITCHES ON A TOWEL BUT BEFORE YOU HAVE A GOOD RESULT YOU HAVE TO GO 3 OR 4 TIMES OVER THE SAME COLOR WITH HOLES IN THE TOWEL AS A RESULT,CROSS STITCHES ARE NOT SO GOOD FOR A BATH TOWEL

I did, ans did it the same way as normal designs. But used solvable stuff on top of the towel.But I always use that for towels. Good luck!