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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Days of the Week Embroidered Dishtowels .... Vintage Things Thursday

It's that time again !!!!! Yay for my favorite day of the week. I love looking at all the beautiful vintage things that everyone shows... Thank you to our lovely hostess,Suzanne, for all her hard work and for hosting us all. To see what all the vintage things to see..click on.. TheColoradoLady .There is a list of all the participants there so lets all go see..and then go visiting.
I thought for this weeks Vintage Things....I would show you some vintage embroidered dish towels.
These beautiful dish towels were given to me not long ago,by my husband's physical therapist.At times,when we go for his visits, I will take some embroidery along, and stitch away to make the time pass a bit faster. Pam loves embroidery as much as I do,specially the vintage pieces. She said she had never was able to embroidery herself,but loved others work. Anyway, about a month ago, she brought these sweet little birdy dishtowels to therapy..and said she had 3 of the same set,and wanted me to have one of them. She told us that a former patients wife...(an 82 year old lady)had been making and selling the sets about 20 years ago,and she had bought 3 sets..
I thought these were the cutest days of the week ever. You wouldn't believe the teeny,teeny..teensy stitches she has made in her work.... and the back of her embroidery is as cleaned up and pretty as the front. Her work is just gorgeous.. and I can only wonder,how long she had been embroidering.
I love the set I have and will treasure it. Those sweet little birds defiantly have a good home with me. I should have taken pictures of the work to post,instead of scanning them in. The scanning has created shadows and it appears the dishtowels
need some laundering and sun drying. I will have to have another look at Suzannes method of cleaning old linens and aprons.
Have a Happy Vintage Things Thursday everyone and a wonderful weekend. Now I'm away to do more visiting everyone.

32 comments:

  1. Awesome cuteness! I adore those old towels. Wish I had some doggie ones.

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  2. Oh my goodness those are so cute! I just love the little birdies! That was so sweet of her.

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  3. I love your sweet little dishtowels.
    They remind me of the ones my Mom used to make.

    hugs
    Sissie

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  4. So very long ago these were all the go. We had them, but heaven knows what happened to them over the years. I have seen them in antique malls and they are expensive. Mu mother made hers out of flour sacks.

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  5. That's a sweet set of towels. I was surprised to find that people are still making that kind of towel and even the new ones look vintage.

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  6. aawww...how so very adorable!!!!
    how nice of her to give them to you.....

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  7. How very cute! Love the embroidery.

    Jocelyn
    http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/

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  8. Those little birdies are so cute...and industrious! I love vintage embroidered towels like these. (And I have a really stained one to try Suzanne's method out on too when it gets a little warmer and sunnier outside.)

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  9. These are adorable CC!! The little birds make for a very sweet set! ~tina

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  10. Those are so cute. I was visiting my mother last weekend and she was working on a set for her church's fall bazaar. Several members of the church make sets and they are huge sellers!
    Jane

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  11. I love vintage dishtowels and these are darling.

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  12. Oh, I just love days of the week towels! These are especially sweet!

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  13. Adorable, I too love those vintage towels

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  14. Love the dishtowels. My mother does beautiful embroidery and she still has a stash of her dresser scarfs. I'll have to post some at a later date. Anyone interested can find old patterns at Thrifty Fun.com

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  15. These are about the cutest things I have seen in a while! I love the birds, so sweet!! What an amazing gift to be given! Have a great VTT!

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  16. Those are so precious! I want some!

    That is realy sweet of her.

    Happy VTT!

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  17. These are so precious! Makes me want to start to embroider again!
    Debbie

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  18. I love the dishtowels. Such sweet little birdies.

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  19. Beautiful embroidery, so glad you enjoy having them. Too pretty to actually use it seems! Peace, Stephanie

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  20. I have never seen these before, they are darling.

    Happy St. Patrick's Day
    Have a lovely weekend ~
    Hugs, Marydon

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  21. OH how LUCKY are YOU my dear CC..they are simply ADORABLE!!

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  22. I love these! I have a set that my mother-in-law made for me and I cherish them.

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  23. So sweet! I remember seeing a few here and there in thrift stores, but people must be buying them all up bc I never see them anymore:(
    Yours are awesome!

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  24. I love the detail in these towels! They are so sweet! Thanks for sharing! Happy VTT! Danylle

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  25. We had days of the week dish towels when I was a kid. They each had a different fruit on them, and my mom put out a fresh towel each morning, then when we finished drying dishes at night we had to put the towel in the laundry basket.
    I think she made new towels every year or so.

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  26. These are awesome; what a wonderful surprise gift!

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  27. Oh, lucky you - they are so charming! I think the "bluebird of happiness" can cheer up any day of the week!

    By the way, you misspelled the word 'definitely' in this sentence: "Those sweet little birds defiantly have a good home with me." Now, I don't think they were defiant at all! I'm sure they came to you with open wings! LOL!

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  28. Sue..
    You made my day. I laughed myself silly. And you're right,they spread their little wings and gave me a hug.
    This was just too funny..

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  29. These are such lovely tea towels! I've seen many styles and these are by far my favorite... What a great gift:)

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  30. These towels are sooo sweet!
    And of course I really love them since they are little birdies! =)

    Thanks for your visits.

    blessings

    barbara jean

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