Am I the last one to understand what ombre is? Did anyone else think it just meant man or dude?
Hombre is like saying “Hey man!” The H is silent. (via Yahoo Answers)
Ombre is the graduation of color in a garment, like when a fabric is very dark at one end and gradually lightens. (via wiseGEEK)
*So embarrassed.* Ahem, moving on…
A couple of weeks back I stumbled (via Pinterest I think) onto Jennifer’s Painted Ombre Flour Sack Towels:
Aren’t they purdy?! I loved the ombre gradation of colour on each of them so much that when I made our Numbered Flour Sack Towels last week, I decided to make myself one of these too.
And just like Jennifer said, it was easy peasy!
DIY Ombre Dish Towels
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On a clean flour sack towel, create a stencil of sorts for your stripes with painter’s tape.
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Using fabric paint (or paint + fabric medium), paint your bottom stripe first.
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For each subsequent stripe add a bit more white paint to your coloured paint.
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Voila! Your ombre (not hombre!) striped flour sack towel!
(*Be sure to follow the label/instructions for how long to let dry and how to set the fabric paint before you wash it!)
Now my only problem is; I’m wishing I made more!
Have you diy’d any towels lately? Ombred up your hair? (I’m not making it up – I’ve seen it!) Please tell me I’m not the only one who got ombre mixed up with hombre!
I love these. Very pretty and clean looking.
They are nice and crisp, aren’t they?
Where did you find the flour sack towels?
I wondered that for ages too. A sweet reader suggested I try Walmart…and sure enough in the kitchen linens section there they were. I bought a pack of five for $7 (Canadian).
I want to make those numbered flour grain sack dish clothes that you introduced us to the other day. I love everything “text” I know once I start with the dish clothes, the duvet on the bed will be next until even the dog has text on him. Watch out hubs!!!
I just noticed I said dish clothes ….. those certainly wouldn’t be too attractive would they now? I meant to say dish cloths and why not paint stripes on everything while I’m at it.
Super cute project! I like the idea of getting paint on the dish towels–on purpose!
Ha! No kidding!
Your dish cloths turned out so pretty – just lovely! I have this linked to my ombre post as well today, nice job!
Inspire Me Heather recently posted..project: ombre
I’m thrilled – thank you!!!