Tea Towels

On 5/23/06 7:01 PM, in article , "Dianne
Lewandowski" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 5/23/06 5:02 PM, in article , "Dianne
Lewandowski" wrote:

Cheryl Isaak wrote:
On 5/23/06 11:32 AM, in article , "Dianne
Lewandowski" wrote:

Dawne Peterson wrote:
Check out whatever store carries Martha Stewart Everyday items--she had
some nice flour sack towels in that line, as well as some linen-y looking
ones with a striped border on the long sides. At least where I am, these
are cheaper than the ones sold in craft stores especially for embroidery,
and actually stand up to use.
Dawne


Ahhh, flower sack towels. That's the word I was trying to come up with.
Those are rather soft for embroidery, in my opinion. But you are
right, they certainly are inexpensive. I love them for their absorbency.

Dianne

Dianne - thanks for the wonderful image, but they are "flour" sacks!

Cheryl

Somedays it doesn't pay to get out of bed! Thanks for the laugh on me!
I loved it!

Dianne

I wonder - I seem to recall White Lily flour sacks had a picture of lily -
must have been what you were thinking of!

Cheryl


Thanks for the kind help . . . but when you're an idiot, no amount of
any smoothing over is going to do any good. Here I am, reading a post
with the word "flour", which is the word I was looking for, and I type
"flower." Go figure!

Dianne




C

At www.lehmans.com, you can find an old-fashioned towel called a "flour sack
towel" which is all white and 100% muslin. Lehman's specializes in articles
for the Amish community, and many of their products are widely used by those
who yearn for things from a simpler time. The flour sack towels come in
bundles of 10 for $18.95. I use them for everyday tasks like dusting and
polishing, and I believe the muslin fabric will be an excellent choice for
stamping patterns for embroidery. HTH.

Betty in Georgia


"kassy" wrote in message
ups.com...
I would like to stamp and embroider tea towels. Any ideas on where to
find this type of towel these days?

Your help will be appeciated!

Kathy

I love those transfers too, and have several sets. I occasionally add a
random day to a towel. http://needlecrafter.com/ is a site that has some of
the day of the week designs as well as other designs from older transfers,
Dawne

Thanks for the link, Dawne! I've already got project ideas lined up
from it!

Jinx