Main Purpose

• Cotton is the most common fabric of dish cloths or tea towels. It's soft to the touch and this fluffy feeling continues after numerous washings. Cotton is a durable, functional dish towel fabric. Cotton drying cloths have a smooth surface and a dull luster. The cotton material absorbs water, which is a tea towel's main purpose.
  
  

Features

• Dish towels are made in a wide range of designs and colors. People tend to want their functional towels to be as attractive as their other home towels. If their bath towels match their bath décor, it makes sense to have kitchen towels to coordinate with kitchen décor. The color choices are chosen to blend with the walls and decorative items in the kitchen. Similarly, the designs match according to style. For example, a modern kitchen's dish towels could display abstract designs.
  
  

Functioning and Accessorizing

• Tea towels are sometimes used as working accessories. They serve as nice extra touches. Under a teapot on a tray, they are useful and decorative. They accessorise fruit bowls and work as a liner. Actually, they can line any bowl or plate used in serving or displaying food or items. They work as hand towels in sink areas. Tea towels are decorative to display, and if a spill or mess happens, they go to work.
  
  

Art

• Tea towel art is a creative purpose of tea towels. Pictures and photographs look interesting on tea towels. These are sometimes made into place-mats and napkins. Some tea towels are embroidered to add personal art to an ordinary tea towel. These are great as gifts and are easily coordinated with the colors of the recipient's home. Imagination is the key when combining art and tea towels.
  
  

Framing

• Any dish or tea towel is a candidate for framing. Some enthusiasts frame their favorite commercially produced tea towels. The subjects, patterns, designs and fabrics are so plentiful and diverse that the finished framed results can be displayed in any room in the house.
  
  

Collecting

• People who like to build and keep collections might find that tea towels work well. It's fun to collect favorites and the supply is nearly endless. The subject matter is diverse. Collectors could settle in on a type that they like and then go on a treasure hunt for new and used, antique or current. It has the ingredients of an interesting hobby--one that's easy to showcase.
  
  

Considerations

• Tea towels are made in many fabrics. Linen is the most genuine fabric and it will not scratch fine china or silverware. Another point of note is about dish rags or cloths. They are not considered as tea towels, because they are too small. A tea towel is about the size of a bath hand towel.