So, I think I'll stay away from days for now. It seems to me like embroidered towels don't really have to match, though.they look fine anyway! I had originally thought about doing two for every day of the week, and stitching the days on them, but I didn't have enough material to make 14.I think I ended up with 8 or 9. (Actually, my grandmother offered to outfit our kitchen with a strawberry theme, and if we go with that, redwork would fit beautifully!) So being that we're undecided, I'd really like something that would look okay with anything. I'll be putting these in my hope chest to outfit my kitchen, but we're not sure yet about kitchen colors or anything like that. (We don't use and wash the napkins very much, comparatively speaking.) When I embroider, I do stitch over the ends.is there anything else you're supposed to do to secure the ends? With the napkins I made, I recently took the embroidery out (they're a couple years old now) and redid them.but I know that you can find embroidered work that's really old, so it's not right for the thread to be coming out after a couple years!Īlso, I need ideas for embroidery designs! I like the redwork look, but I haven't found anything specifically that I really love yet. However, I don't feel like I'm very good at embroidery, and I'm worried that maybe the embroidery will come out with something I'd use as much as dish towels. I've made cloth napkins before, out of the same fabric, and I embroidered names on them. Stitching & Crafting Room: Flour Sack Dish TowelsĪ long time ago, I bought several flour sacks (as well as large pieces of the material,) and I'm turning them into dish towels. MaryJanesFarm Farmgirl Connection - Flour Sack Dish Towels
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