Turning an IKEA Bedspread into Kitchen Towels

From my project archives: Several years ago, we bought a cotton bedspread from IKEA. It was rough, not soft. Nobody wanted to use it as a blanket, so eventually we decided to cut it up and turn it into hand towels for the kitchen. We used an old towel to measure the right size. 

After we cut the whole blanket into over a dozen pieces, Mom hemmed the edges, folding it over twice to prevent fraying. Then I added decorative stitching on each edge. This was an easy project to practice with the sewing machine.