5 creative ways to use custom printed tea towels

When you think of a tea towel you’re probably transported straight to the kitchen, but we have news for you! There are many creative ways to use custom printed tea towels in your home and business.

To help you share our vision we’ve collated five of our favourite ways to take this humble kitchen stalwart away from the dishrack and out into the wider world. We’re talking impressive corporate or business gifting, standout events and achingly on-trend home decor.

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1. Custom printed tea towels as textile wall art

Textile wall hangings are a must-have for current interior design trends and an easy way to create home decor that feels luxe without breaking the bank. Simply stretch the teatowel over a canvas frame or hang proudly with a magnetic clip frame.

If you’re a creative designer or illustrator who usually sells works on paper, perhaps it’s time you tried out a custom printed tea towel featuring your most popular artwork to diversify your products and add a new range to your collection.

Interior designers, rejoice! Our tea towel uploader makes it oh-so easy to create indulgent textile wall art to elevate your designs in minutes. No more scouring suppliers for that perfect print, just upload your own and we’ll create it for you (in our Sydney studio).

Personally? We love printing a variety of custom tea towel designs that then allow us to effortlessly rotate our wall art throughout the year. Think Christmas-themed tea towels in December and bold blooms for Spring.

2. Market your brand with unique merch or packaging

For small businesses, custom printed tea towels offer an easy way to create branded and functional merchandise.  Unlike traditional promo items (hello boring pens and mugs) tea towels are stylish, useful, and often kept for years.

By far one of our favourite ways to use tea towels in an unexpected way is as product packaging. Imagine the WOW-factor of wrapping your gourmet food products or a bottle of wine in a tea towel. It’s a marketing move that not only looks premium but also keeps your brand in front of customers long after the purchase has been consumed.

3. Wrap gifts in a more sustainable way

Not a small business? Don’t need merch? Have you ever considered using textiles to wrap your gifts?

Known as Furoshiki in Japan, fabric gift wrapping is a growing trend, and custom printed tea towels make it even more special.

Picture this: on mother’s day mum unwraps a bottle of her fave wine, olive oil or perfume wrapped in a beautifully decorated tea towel featuring artwork designed by her own family. How special!

4. Update your table styling with custom printed tea towels

Why stick to traditional napkins when you can use beautifully designed custom tea towels instead? Their larger size makes them perfect for rustic, layered table settings, and they add a touch of personality to any dining setup.

If you’re an event planner, wedding stylist or simply someone who just loves to host the most incredible dinner parties a custom printed tea towel is a unique way to invite your guests or elevate your table styling with a seriously luxe feel.

Our easy-to-use tea towel uploader tool will help you create a custom printed tea towel in minutes, enabling you to move onto planning the more intricate details of your event.

Fold them into elegant napkins or drape them as placemats. What’s more, your guests can take these beautifully considered styling elements away as a keepsake of your event.

5. Create limited-edition collectibles & fundraising items

Custom printed tea towels aren’t just practical—they can also be a fantastic way to raise funds, commemorate special occasions, or create limited-edition collectible items.

A beautifully designed tea towel featuring hand-drawn artwork, a team or class photo or signatures or a meaningful design can become a cherished keepsake while also serving as a high-impact fundraising product. They’re lightweight, easy to sell, and have a much higher ‘keepsake value’ than traditional fundraising items.

Brands and creatives, we’ve got you too! Launching a limited-edition tea towel collection can help generate excitement and exclusivity. Seasonal runs, artist collaborations, or milestone-themed designs (like ‘10 years in business’ commemorative prints) make for a great product option that customers will actually want to buy and keep.

Ready to think beyond the kitchen?

Custom printed tea towels are more than just a kitchen essential—they’re a blank canvas for creativity. Whether you’re styling your home, wrapping gifts, or using them to market your brand, there’s no shortage of ways to put them to use. If you’re still stuck for ideas, ask us for inspiration!

Digital Fabrics are a Sydney-based business obsessed with bringing the very best custom printed textile products to life. Whether you need a one-off special gift or a bulk order for your business, we make sure it’s easy to create beautiful, custom tea towels right here in Australia.

Start designing your own custom printed tea towels today using our straightforward online tea towel uploader.