Friday, March 7, 2008

Show and Tell Friday





Today I continued the raid of my linen closet.

I inherited two sets of embroidered dish towels. One set from each of my Grandmothers. One set shows a different bird for each day of the week and the other set show a different chicken and chore for each day of the week. (Okay, I'm partial to the chickens but I love both sets.)

There are 14 in all but I only had 4 available for photographs today. (Some are packed- we move a lot, and some are in the laundry)
I use them on a daily basis. They dry dishes, keep bread warm and serve as table art.

I plan to give each of my girls a hope chest. While I'm not ready to part with these towels yet, I do plan on embroidering a set of towels for each daughter. I can only hope they'll treasure the ones I make as much as I treasure the ones my grandmothers made.

For more Show and Tell Fridays go to http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/ .

10 comments:

  1. Those are great! I would hate to use them but obviously, that's what they're there for! Cute! I like the chores on them.
    Connie

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  2. Oooo! I love vintage linens--especially teatowels. I'm so glad you're using them! I love to use mine, too, the fabric is just wonderful!

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  3. Nothing works better in a kitchen then these towels! I love mine too. Thanks for sharing!
    -Karoline

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  4. Darling tea towels! I remember my grandmother had something similar but I have no idea what happened to them.

    Blessings,

    Gina
    www.simplyheartandhome.com

    I'm sorry I have to put my link here. It doesn't seem to "take" in the name/url box

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  5. Heirlooms at their finest!!

    Have a great weekend, hope you can drop by my show n tell if you haven't already.

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  6. I love these type of dishtowels. Nothing better. I did some of those with the day's of the week when I first got married.
    Nice Show & Tell.
    Susan

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  7. I love vintage linens, too1 Beautiful!

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  8. I had towels just like this
    from my grandma. I used mine
    a lot.

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  9. Homemade linens are cool and even better when you got them from your grandmothers.

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