The "feed sack" towels are pretty thin, I wouldn't use those. When I want to do kitchen towels, I search high and low for 100% cotton. Tuesday Morning, Home Goods, Marshalls, Williams & Sonoma (on sale), etc. You can also order huck toweling by the yard online from various machine embroidery websites. I haven't done any in a while though, but these sites come to mind: Embroider This, All About Blanks, and so forth. Also try Mary Jo's Cloth Store (online). (I use a polymesh cutaway stabilizer).