Fall Hand Embroidery Transfer Stickers on Towel
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Fall Hand Embroidery Transfer Stickers

Fall Hand Embroidery Transfer StickersFall Botanicals Hand Embroidery Transfer Pack Towel

for festive Botanical Dish Towels & More

Looking for a way to bring the warm, earthy beauty of fall into your home décor? Hand embroidery is a timeless way to add handmade charm to everyday items—and with the new Sulky Hand Embroidery Transfers, it’s never been easier!

Fall Botanicals Hand Embroidery Transfers

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use the Fall Botanicals design pack to embellish decorative dish towels with leaves, flowers, and mushroom motifs that celebrate the cozy spirit of autumn (and beyond). These towels also make wonderful gifts for hosts, friends, and family!

FALL HAND EMBROIDERY TOWEL SUPPLIES

Fall Hand Embroidery Sticker Supplies

Choose Your Motif

The Fall Botanicals pack includes a variety of leaves, flowers, and mushrooms—perfect for celebrating the season.

Cut out your chosen design, peel off the paper backing, and position the sticker right side up on your dish towel.

Hand Embroidery Transfer Sticker on towel

Tip: Place your design in a towel corner for a traditional look, or center it along the bottom edge for a bold, modern touch.

Stitch the Design

Thread your needle with Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites Thread—a thicker thread that gives your stitches great definition. Place your towel in an embroidery hoop if the weave is loose, and simply stitch through all layers, right on top of the sticker.

When finished, rinse the towel in warm water. The sticker dissolves completely, leaving only your beautiful embroidery behind!

washing away Stick n Stitch stabilizer sticker

Let the towel dry flat on another absorbent towel.

towel after embroidery sticker is rinsed away

Conceal the Embroidery Back

Since dish towels are often used (and flipped!), you may want to cover the embroidery wrong side for a clean, professional finish. Here are two options:

Option 1: Decorative Patch Backing

  • Cut a piece of fabric and a piece of Sulky Soft ’n Sheer Extra slightly larger than your stitched motif.

  • With right sides together, stitch the fabric perimeter, ensuring the fusible side of the stabilizer faces the fabric right side.

  • Cut a slit in the stabilizer and turn the patch right side out. Use the Sulky Multipurpose Turning Tool to smooth the edges.

  • Fuse the patch over the embroidery wrong side.

  • For extra security, topstitch or blanket stitch the patch perimeter.

Option 2: Fabric Band Backing

  • Cut a fabric rectangle that’s 3″ wider than the design and 3″ longer than the towel width.

fabric band on towel to conceal embroidery wrong side

  • Fold one long edge ½” to the wrong side and press.
  • Place the opposite long edge along the towel lower edge, with both right sides facing up. Stitch in place.

stitching fabric edge to towel lower edge

  • Fold the fabric toward the towel wrong side to conceal the embroidery wrong side, then press.
  • Fold in the fabric short ends; press. Pin all folded edges and topstitch with Sulky 50 wt. Cotton Thread that matches the towel.

topstitched fabric band

Enjoy Your Handmade Towels

Your finished dish towels will showcase the rich colors and cozy motifs of fall, with a professional finish that makes them both beautiful and functional. Imagine gifting a set of embroidered towels tied with a ribbon, or decorating your kitchen with a mix of leafy and mushroom designs!

finished towel with fall botanicals hand embroidery transfer design

Shop the Supplies

Bring autumn home in stitches! 👉 Purchase the Sulky Fall Botanicals Hand Embroidery Transfers—available with or without 10 spools of Sulky 12 wt. Cotton Petites Thread!

Or grab the Holiday Cheer packs (also with or without thread) and get a head start on holiday stitching!
Holiday Cheer hand Embroidery Transfers

For towel machine embroidery tips and “recipes” for success, register for our “All the Towels” Session! You’ll get five embroidery designs from Embroidery Library and Urban Threads with registration!

How to Embroider Towels Session

I am the Director of Content for Sulky of America. The former Editor in Chief of Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery magazines, I hosted Sew it All TV on PBS for nine seasons. I've appeared on It's Sew Easy on PBS, DIY Network's Uncommon Threads, Hallmark's Marie Osmond Show, MacPhee Workshop and more! Come sew with me!

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