Make Your Own Reproduction Retro Kitchen Towels

These DIY retro kitchen towels are the perfect finishing touches your retro kitchen. There are so many reasons to make your own custom retro kitchen towels.

Making yoru own retro kitchen towels is a great way to save money, but even more importantly, you can customize this project to match your retro kitchen theme.

Most retro kitchens and retro kitchen towels will have fun and colorful images like red cherries, yellow roosters, strawberries, and more on them. So, take inspiration from other retro accessories in you kitchen to decide what pattern you want to create on yoru retro kitchen towel craft project!

To Make Your Own Retro Kitchen Towels You Will Need:

Pre made plain bar towels or flour sack towels

Fabric paint

Stencil (optional)

Stamps (optional)

Paint brush

At Ikea I find flour sack bar towels with a fun retro red stripe on them for 50 cents a piece. At Wal Mart they sell plain white bar towels made from flour sack material for $5. You get 12 kitchen towels in the pack. Both of these make a super affordable base for these retro kitchen towel you will be making.

Now, you have a few options when adding your retro images onto the kitchen towel.

One of the easiest ways to create a pattern on yoru retro kitchen towels is to use a pre made rubber stamp. You will want to paint the fabric paint on with a small paint brush, then press into the kitchen towel.

Focus on creating a border. Then create a space s out pattern in the central area of the kitchen towel.

Another great option for creating uniform retro inspired kitchen towel sis to use a pre made vintage stencil. Look for retro cherry stencils, retro telephone stencil, and even retro tea pot stencils.

Use you fabric paint with a round stencil brush. Dab the paint on in light layers to control the look on yoru DIY retro kitchen towels.

You will want to tape yoru vintage stencil down to hold it in place. You can also use multiple stencils and multiple paint colors.

Finally, a great option is hand painting the designs on yoru bar towels. Use that fabric paint again. Practice eon a scrap sheet of paper to get the look you want before actually painting your retro kitchen towels.

Tip: Always wash your bar towels or any kitchen towel you use to make this retro craft project.

You can also use any plain pre maid kitchen towel you want, it does not have to be a bar towel!