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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

How cute are these?

Scarlet's great grandma and middle-namesake, Jane, sent us these deelish hand embroidered tea towels that have been in her home since maybe the late 30's. Have you ever seen anything so cute ever in your entire life? I told Jacinda that I want this one to be our book cover...

Right?? Now if I could just find one exactly the same but replace the exploding pot with a sewing machine.

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Labels: Embroidery, Inspiration, Kitchen

23 Comments:

Emily said...: I embroider while I watch TV. Makes me feel less guilty about it... These are FAB!!; July 27, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Jamie said...: Love the "Slicer" one! That'd definitely be the cover of my book (if I had one).; July 27, 2010 at 9:47 AM
annemarie said...: Oh do I love these towels. I remember the "days of the week" towels we had when I was young - Mondays - wash, Tuesdat - iron - etc.; July 27, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Stephanie said...: Book cover? Say what? How'd I miss that one? When is the Prudent Baby book coming out?; July 27, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Heather said...: That looks vaguely familiar..as my husband often wonders.."Why is every dish in the house on the counter or dirty when you are cooking?" PFFFT! Every dish..a slight exaggeration..
Honestly..I have no idea how it happens..; July 27, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Alex said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; July 27, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Alex said...: These are too cute! I hope you find a way to display these in Scarlet's room- maybe framed or on canvas? My grandmother tats (not sure if that's the proper conjugation of 'tatting''). I hung a few coaster doilies she made on my baby girl's wall behind her crib. They look like colorful snowflakes, fit the room decor perfectly, and give my baby girl a connection to her far away great grandma.; July 27, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Random Rachel said...: With all the creative people who visit the blog I'm sure someone could embroider a towel for you :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomlycreative/4835075246/; July 27, 2010 at 10:26 AM
ESax said...: I have been a follower of your blog for awhile now, always daydreaming of being a "crafty" momma. Well, my day has come:) With a gift from my mom (a sewing/ embroidery machine), some beautiful fabric, my boys as muses, and this wonderful website, I have started to let my creative juices flow!! I am addicted. I have been in the same local fabric shop everyday for the past week. I am an avid collector of fabric and easy patterns! I can't get enough. My mom says I'm a natural :) YAY; July 27, 2010 at 10:44 AM
VickiT said...: I just love the look of the old fashioned designs like that. Just super cute. Exploding sewing machine. HA too funny. Don't think I've ever seen one of those.; July 27, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Jaime said...: jlchatt i was like OMG how did i not notice the girl holding a knife that says slicer?!! but LOL it says silver...now i want one that says slicer AND one with an exploding sewing machine.

as for the prudent baby book, i've already said too much.; July 27, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Jessica said...: yeah, I definitely thought it said slicer too. That could be an adorable horror movie.; July 27, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Team Botanical said...: Completely reminds me of the ones my mom inherited from my grandmother. There was one for each day of the week, with the associated chore (cooking, laundry, etc.) illustrated on each.; July 27, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Haute Kippy said...: Those are so great! I love anything vintage!; July 27, 2010 at 12:56 PM
Rosemary P. said...: Those are just too cute!; July 27, 2010 at 1:06 PM
cristina said...: I am loving these, AND the fact that they are vintage and not something you can only find in a specialty shop way overpriced. maybe my great grandma has some waiting to be passed down to me? hehe; July 27, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Stevee said...: Love them! Brendon has a box of some stuff he packed from Jane's house. Maybe I should open it up and see if there are any more gems like these!; July 27, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Beth said...: I love these towels, but I had a feeling that I had seen them before.

http://doecdoe.blogspot.com/search/label/embroidery?updated-max=2010-03-18T07%3A38%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=20

If you go down the page you def find the silver picture and the glasses ones.; July 27, 2010 at 5:10 PM
annieglan said...: These are adorable!!; July 27, 2010 at 5:16 PM
Dawn said...: My grandmother made me some of these with the days of the week and kittens on them.; July 27, 2010 at 5:56 PM
CimA said...: Beautiful! I want to make Squirt (my 3yr old) a tea towel dress from some antique-y hand embroidered tea towels like these. Saw some at a craft show and fell in love. The ABC one would be perfect to frame or even use as a template to embroider one for her dress.

Beautiful!; July 28, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Linette said...: OMG!!!! These are great. I don't know how to hand embroider anything...although I absolutely covet all things (cool) that are hand embroidered. I WANT THESE!!! I know you guys can come up with a tutorial for something like this...right?! (lol) But seriously, you are all so incredible..don't you want to at least try!!! Love the retro flare and I believe in you (wink)!; July 29, 2010 at 9:16 AM
Anonymous said...: Up until I saw your post, I thought embroidery was old lady stuff...and perhaps in some ways it is...but, as I soon discovered in some ways...it's AWESOME. I loved these kitschy designs and when I went to the craft store I couldn't help but buy these equally quaint ones with steaming kettles and kettles eating donuts. I made my first embroidered kettle with inspiration from you!! Thanks prudentbaby!; September 25, 2010 at 8:40 PM

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