Flour Sack Towels with Crochet Lace DIY

Welcome to my flour sack towels with crochet lace DIY. Are you as happy as I am that the farmhouse decor trend is still very popular?  If you’re like me and don’t leap in at every new fad and have to carefully choose decor changes with budget in mind the farmhouse decor trend is made for us.  I very much appreciate the ability to make some of my own decor or buy at least some basic pieces and build on them with beautiful handmade accessories. 

Flour Sack Towels with Crochet Lace Trim

You just have to love the price point, and the fact it is all so neutral and easy to decorate with, Flour sack towels are inexpensive (around $1.00 each) and certainly a beautiful staple of farmhouse decorating. Although just white or a neutral tone they really don’t have a ton of character. So, I want to share my flour sack towel with crochet lace ($2.99 a roll) DIY. When I say lace, this is more crochet lace edging than just lace. It is a bit thicker and designed with a thread.

Crochet Lace

Crochet lace edging comes on a roll and you just attach it to the bottom or edge of whatever you want.

What You Will Need:

• Flour sack towel(s)
• Crochet lace trim
• Sewing machine or needle and white thread, fabric glue.

Steps – What I Did:

So, you know. I am not a seamstress by any means. You can see that I don’t even own straight pins. I attached the lace to the edge of the flour sack towel with safety-pins. Hey, it worked!

Step 1

I laid the dishtowel on the counter, pressed the edge with an iron, I rolled out a little more crochet lace passed the edge of the flour sack towel, pinned on the lace, and turned the extra lace back for a neater edge.

The extra crochet lace is folded back to give the towel a more finished look. You can see my machine was pre-loaded with blue bobbin thread. Ugh, I didn’t know how to change the thread on the first attempt. I’m kind of glad that you can see my stitching in the picture. You can see how I simply turned the lace back and stitched it. Don’t worry a friend came to my rescue and fixed the blue bobbin thread issue.

Step 2

Stitch, sew the crochet lace. If you don’t have a sewing machine, you can fabric glue or hand stitch to attach.

Finished Project

Vintage in style.

No farmhouse cottage is complete without an array of linens. To really emulate this style, choose materials with a worn-in look; in French farmhouse country kitchens and on dining tables you’ll always find vintage striped torchon (tea towels) or beautifully solid colored wrinkled linen serviettes (napkins) over starched or embroidered options. I think my neutral flour sack with crochet lace, without the stripe, DIY kind of fits this style.

I simply think the flour sack towels are pretty just laying around.

From the pictures you can see the different colors and textures of the flour sacks and crochet lace.

The vintage French farmhouse feel of these little flour sack towels DIY makes them special for any season.  Please comment and let me know if you plan on making some of your own.

I have used flour sack towels before to create pretty kitchen towels by stamping on them using vegetables. See here and here.

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White lace

Beige lace