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Towel TipsTowels come in different styles, textures, and sizes. Thistip sheet explains some of the basics of available towels,and offers embroidered design size recommendations.
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There are two types of towels available for you toembellish. The first is a standard banded towel.
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The second is a trimmed decorative towel. Buying atowel with existing trim is more luxurious right away,and requires less decorative work. Unfortunately,there aren't that many differently trimmed towels tochoose from. You can trim your own towels though,and instructions are available here in the projectgallery.
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Towels come in many different finishes; the two mostpopular being looped terry and velour terry. If youhave to choose between the two, always choose thevelour terry style. Velour terry is flat and easier toembroider than looped terry. If you choose loopedterry, try to find a towel with small loops, since finedesign detail can get lost in the loops. A goodembroidery topper like Hide It can help youovercome this problem even with looped terry.
STEP: 4Towels come in five sizes: bath sheet, bath towel,hand towel, finger tip towel, and wash cloth. Thethree most popular sizes for embroidery are the bath,hand, and fingertip sizes. Bath sheets are too big tofold and display on a towel rack, and wash cloths areoften too small. Try to find a towel brand that offersthese different sizes. Below are shown the three sizesand the recommended design size for each.
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STEP: 5
6"x10" designs or larger work best for large towelslike bath towels. If you don't have a large enoughhoop, try stitching one design using split, multiplehoopings.
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5'x7" designs work well for hand towels.
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A standard 4"x4" designs work well for fingertiptowels.
STEP: 8Once you have embroidered some towels, you willsee why they are one of the most popular items beingembroidered today!