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This jam packed post has a picture and video tutorial for making DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels, plus 9 free fruit printables to use for this project or other fun fruit crafting purposes.  Think T-shirts, card making, wall decor, decorative pillows, bags, and applique for every DIY under the sun.  You’re Welcome.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

*This post is sponsored by Thermoweb, makers of some of my FAVORITE crafting and sewing materials, like the Deco Foil and Heat ‘n Bond products.  Creativity at my fingertips!!  All opinions are always my own and I’m so grateful for Thermoweb’s continued support.

**Be sure to see more Summer time DIY’s and ideas from my friends, found at the bottom of this post.

It’s the season of delicious and juicy fruit, but why stop at eating it?  Decorate with fruit, craft with fruit, wear fruit . . . whatever it takes to enjoy every bit of the fruit bearing season.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

And what a beautiful fruit bearing season it has been so far.  We’ve had such gorgeous magical evenings here in the Rocky Mountains, it called for moving my photography project outdoors with the sunset and our chippy yellow shed as my backdrop.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Before I show you some of my shots, watch all the details and see the steps for making Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels, in my video below.

 

 

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DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

I so love to set up simple outdoor eating areas for my little family.  Whether it is a dinner night out or a simple refreshment break, it always feels so special to dine outside in the beautiful weather . . . until it gets scorching hot, anyway.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

I wanted to give you a close look at the variety of tea towels you could make with my free fruit printables and the deco foil products.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

I like to crinkle the foils to give the towels a bit of a vintage vibe.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

You can go as colorful as you want or keep it to the more neutral metallics in the deco foil line.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

While I have 9 free fruit printables to choose from, you can also get even more creative by finding other silhouette images from online.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

But I absolutely adore these fruit shapes, designed for us by my dear friend and amazing graphic designer, Kendra, from Key Lime Digital Designs.

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DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Even though Mother’s Day is already past, I had made so many of these tea towels so I could gift them to the mother’s in my family when they all came over for a Mother’s Day dinner.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

It just happened to also be lilac blooming season, and I had put my girls to work clipping lilacs for easy centerpieces.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Make up a bunch and have on hand for gifts or to stock your kitchen with one of a kind towels.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Are you ready to have some foil fun yourself?  Lets talk about the 5 “Ingredients” (as mentioned in the video) that you will need to create your own fruit foil projects.

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1 – Fruit Templates/Printables – be sure to snag those up above in the subscriber form.  Then the access to my TIDBITS SUBSCRIBER LIBRARY will automatically be sent in your email.

2 – Tea Towel – or any plain towel of your choice.  I actually went with inexpensive flour sack towels from Walmart, but I’ve seen them at craft stores too.  I like the vintage weave and crinkle of the flour sacks most.

3 – Hot Melt Adhesive – Created by Thermoweb and found in the Deco Foil line.  Find at craft stores or online HERE.

4 – Deco Foils – in any color of your choosing!  There are so many to choose from!  Start your browsing HERE.

5 – Parchment Paper – Buy from your marketplace or Deco Foil Parchment Paper.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

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Other household items you will need include, a paper, pencil, cutting board or mat, sharp pointed knife or craft blade, iron and ironing board or mat.

Begin by printing out your fruit of choice.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Trace the fruit design onto the hot melt adhesive, on the smooth side.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Using a craft knife, cut out the shape from the hot melt adhesive.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Fold your tea towel in thirds to find the center.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Mark a small dot on the spot where you will place the fruit.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Unfold the tea towel and place a piece of paper under the towel, to protect the iron mat from potentially getting adhesive on it.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Place the fruit cut out shape on it’s marked spot, bumpy side down, and cover with parchment paper.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Press down and hold according to the hot melt adhesive package directions.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Let cool completely, then peel off the paper backing from the fruit design, leaving the adhesive layer onto the towel.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Optional:  To achieve a vintage worn look to your foil, crinkle the deco foil sheet with your hand, then smooth out flat.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Place the foil color side up on top of the fruit design, with parchment paper on top of the foil.  Press according to package directions.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

IMPORTANT!!  Let the foil cool completely.  If you try to remove the foil to quickly, it has a hard time adhering to the towel.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Once cool, peel away the foil and admire the transfer!  It’s exciting every time!

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

This DIY craft is perfect for all ages and very fun to involve your kids.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

I hope you’ve been inspired to create and enjoy the magic of this fruitful season!

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

I’d love to hear your thoughts and questions for this project.  I couldn’t wait to try the foils on tea towels, but do you have another idea for a fun way to use these fruit printables and foils?  Please share with us in the comments below.  You can also see how I used some Autumn color foils in my Metallic Fall Pillows post HERE.

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

Thanks for reading!

DIY Deco Foil Fruit Tea Towels

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16 Comments

  1. Hi I am just trying to download pictures from tea towels and it is not working check email spam nothing. would love to do those for Christmas gift with my grand daughter. Sincerely Carolyne

  2. Hi Cami. We met at Pinners Conference in SLC a few years ago. Love your blog. You are so very talented. When you first showed the towels I was like “Eh”. Then, when you started to move them and that foil caught the light…I was like WOW! Gotta make some. Thanks for the great ideas.

    1. Haha! I’m telling you, that foil give is just the right pizazz 😉 . So nice to hear from you again Glena, and thank you for leaving me a comment. Hope to hear from you more!

  3. These are SO fabulous! I love them – and brilliant DIY. So glad you could be part of this hop, Cami! Pinned and sharing:)

    1. Thank you so much Krista! There are so many beautiful DIY’s. You have done such a great job organizing the hop. Hugs!

    1. Thanks Jennifer. It was out of desperation. I left all my string at our house we are trying to sell. Haha!

  4. I love these!! Can you tell us what colors you used for each as there are so many to choose from. Thanks!

    1. So glad Angie! So, the colors. If you go up to my Shop this post slider images, I linked the exact package that had all the colors I used for all the colored towels. The black and white ones was just a black foil. I hope that helps.

  5. These are so pretty! Love how they turned out. And those lilacs! I mean, I’m getting all the heart eyes.

    1. Isn’t lilac season the very very best!!! I wish I could bottle up the smell all year long. Thanks so much for coming by Kim!