What you’ll need: Plain tea towel, Hatch Embroidery Basics Software, an embroidery hoop, wash-away/water-soluble topping, backing stabilizer of your choice (tear-away, cut-away, heat-away, wash-away and spray-on are all viable options).
When embroidering on a towel-like material it is important to take the additional step of using a topping as well as backing stabilizer to prevent stitching from sinking into the textured surface of your tea towel. Equally as important, if not more so, is the backing stabilizer.
Click here to read the blog on stabilizers and download the detailed stabilizer guide.