Everything You Need To Know To Put Grandma’s Handwritten Recipe On A Tea Towel

Learn how to transfer’s Grandma’s favorite handwritten recipe from an old recipe card to a kitchen towel for an beautiful heirloom gift!

This handmade gift idea is a way to preserve a bit of your family history in a way that can be shared and displayed.

There are three main techniques for transferring a recipe to a kitchen towel (aka tea towel).I’ll give you a quick overview of each one and point you to thorough instructions, as well as detail the pros and cons of each method so you can decide which one is best for you.

For this method, you will scan your recipe card and use a photo processing program to remove the background, leaving just the written recipe.

Method #1 – Print Your Own Fabric On Demand Using Spoonflower

For this method, you will scan in your recipe and print it out larger OR get it blown up at a copy shop. Then you will trace it onto a purchased tea towel using a Sharpie.

Method #2 – Hand Trace The Recipe Onto A Purchased Towel

This method involves scanning in your recipe and printing it on iron on paper, which you then iron onto a purchased towel.

Method #3 – Transfer The Recipe With Iron On Paper

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