Sunday, May 09, 2010
New from Old Dishtowels
I have been looking at this old vintage table cloth that I got our of my grandma's attic. It's from the 1930's I think. Anyway it was stained pretty bad right in the middle and I couldn't get the stain out. I was ready to pitch it to goodwill, and then started thinking about what else I could use it for. I decided to cut it up in the good parts and use some pretty fabric as bias tape for the edges and I created some really cute dishtowels! I am so pleased with how they turned out! and that older cotton is so absorbent! (a set of these will be heading to a certain miss in Mexico! ;)
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10 comments:
Great! Love them.
I LOOOOOOVE them! Can't wait to see them!!! I wanna go shopping in Grandma's attic!
gorgeous!
wonderful way to reuse, and such a lovely fabric to remake into dishtowels.
omg, i LOVE your dishtowels. The border is so pretty :)
what a fantastic idea! I've got some table cloths in the same condition and now I know just what to do with them! Thanks
Maureen
I LOVE them! I am totally copying you. I will be looking out for old tableclothes!
Love Val
PS Good to 'see' you. :)
PPS I may need new hoops. ;)
Thanks everyone! I should be fair and say I saw something like this a year or so ago in a craft book, or magazine somewhere, So it's not completely my own idea. Fun though and a great way to re purpose and keep things out of the landfill
Hi there Sarah!!! I love this idea, they are beautiful!!!! I also like your blog:) Look forward to reading and seeing more.
Thanks Patty! I added you in my blog roll. Val just let me know about hoops! I'm happy to get some made for you!
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