10 of the best tea towels made in Britain

September 3, 2014

It’s hard to beat a crisp, beautifully designed new tea towel when it comes to finding easy ways to add interest to your kitchen. We thought we’d share our favourites with you. Here are our pick of 10 of the best tea towels made in Britain and available from makers listed in our directory

1 Hope Cove Mackerel Tea Towel by Nigel Turner, £12

It’s the beautiful original watercolour by Nigel that makes this lovely tea towel stand out from the crowd. An artist who has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Nigel’s inspiration for his range of printed kitchen textiles and accessories came from holidays spent in Cornwall. We just love this.

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2 N16 Church Street Shops Tea Towel by Oscar Francis, £12

We love the way Oscar Francis takes ordinary ‘pattern architecture’ and makes it into something beautiful. The pretty colours of this Church Street design and all the slightly different shop fronts makes this a winning design for us. Just lovely.

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3 Root Vegetables Tea Towel, by Witshop, £10.50

This fab tea towel is designed with the aesthetics of a traditional scientific poster, combined with a modern graphic quality and combines on-trend yellow with earthy root veg sketches. Each towel is silk screen printed using environmentally friendly water based inks onto a lovely unbleached 100% cotton towel. They are printed and stitched in Yorkshire. What’s not to love?

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4 She Awaited Help with the Dishes Tea Towel, £9 by Heather Alstead

This tea towel makes the perfect present for girlfriends, wives or friends and family (or even just for yourself), great for hinting to any knight in shining armour that it wouldn’t go amiss if he also helped clear up…! Each tea towel is 100% made and screen printed in Lincolnshire from beautiful, crisp premium pure cotton. We love the graphic print, in Heather’s unmistakeable style.

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5 Sail Boat Tea Towel by Charlotte Macey, £8.50

This is a beautiful screen printed nautical tea towel for your kitchen. Inspired by summer holidays to the Devon coast, in a fresh navy blue design that tapers off towards the top of the tea towel. Each tea towel has a loop at the top, and is screen printed and handmade here in the UK. A great gift idea for anyone who likes coastal style – and worth knowing that each of Charlotte’s screen printed tea towels will be presented gift-wrapped in white tissue paper, ready to wrap with paper of your choice.

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6 Range Cooker Towel, in black by Inchyra £13.50

Chic, utilitarian and at home in the most contemporary or traditional of kitchens, this is a great kitchen towel. Made in Scotland by Inchyra from best quality 100% soft cotton towelling and edged in matching gingham, this towel is designed to attach to the rails of any range cooker from an AGA to an electric range cooker. No more endlessly picking up the tea towel that has fallen from the rail to the floor… How have you managed without one?

7 Quince Tea Towel by Teresa Green, £11

Teresa’s designs are quirky and inspired by her love of kitchenalia – particularly ‘ladle-shaped spoons, apple ladders and elongated watering cans…’ We just love them, and the fact that all Teresa’s textiles are hand-printed in her studio in Devon, using natural, UK sourced materials.

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8 Screen printed linen tea towels by Gail Bryson from The Maker Place, £15

Natural linen, highly absorbent tea-towel with white stripe print. Hand-printed and sewn in London. Contrasting cotton tape hanging tag. Made with good quality 100% linen and available to buy from The Maker Place.

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9 Tomatoes pattern tea towel by Hokolo, £12

If you love colour and midcentury inspired graphic designs, you’ll love these bright and cheerful tea towels by Hokolo. Screen in bright colours onto crisp cotton, these tea towels are available in a range of quirky bold graphic designs – blueberries, eggs or tomatoes (as shown here) and gingham stripey pattern.
100% premium cotton made from the best grade cotton and super absorbent, they are ideal for everyday use as well as a great gift.

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10 Fish Tea Towel by Witshop, £10.50

Individually silk screen printed using environmentally friendly water based inks, we love the lovely unbleached 100% cotton of this tea towel and the graphic lines of the design. A different take on the coastal vibe. We love.

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