I have a large piece of linen toweling that my mother-in-law gave me at one time. It used to be purchased by the yard, and was used to make kitchen towels out of. The edges are all finished, and when a new towel was in order, all that needed doing was to cut off the appropriate length from the toweling, hem the two ends, and a new towel would be all ready to grace the kitchen. Recently, I discovered that Moda now sells toweling yardage. It is made out of cotton instead of the linen, and comes in several colors. I purchased several yards of the red/blue and the yellow/green combinations.
Because it is made of cotton, I decided to pre-wash the yardage first, and cut it after it had shrunk. I cut my pieces 27 inches long, and hemmed the top and bottom edges. The towels would have been ready for use after this simple finishing; but I decided to go ahead and add some embroidery just for fun.
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Oooooo, I like that! I'm googling Moda now . . .
womanofthehouse
I love the needlework. I am not an embroiderer so excuse my ignorance, but did you design that yourself? It is beautiful.
Green and blue are such refreshing colors, too.
Sheila, thank you but no, I didn't design the embroidery.
Monica, I love embroidered kitchen towels. It seems that we have many things in common. I have a stack of vintage ones that I have inherited from my Mom, and have not seen the new yardage. I think I would like it better in cotton than in linen anyway, so will buzz right on over and check that out. Your embroidery adds SO much, it's very cute! (I also like that you celebrate St. Patrick's Day too....your poem really made my day). Jennie
Monica,
Thank you for sharing that about the toweling. I really like it! I was so glad that you shared your embroidery too. Really, really nice. I think I will be looking into toweling as well!
Julie
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