As much as we loved these charming vintage-inspired handmade dish towels, it was time to lovingly pack them and send them on their way to their new home.
We ship our handmade kitchen dish towel sets through US Postal Service two-day priority flat rate envelopes. To make sure the dish towels arrive safely, we wrap them in an organza ribbon to keep them from getting crinkled up during shipment.
And what did the customer say about her new arrivals? I think she liked them!
We can make a custom set for you, too, just let us know what colors you want included and allow 3 months from when order is placed for delivery. These are handmade, from the muslin dish towel to the embroidery.
Charlotte
Now that we've celebrated every chore of the week, here is the vintage-inspired muslin dish towel set all together.
These handmade dish towels with embroidered cats celebrate the daily chores including resting on Sunday.
We make these dish towels in custom sizes and colors of your choice. Please allow 3 months from when details are finalized for delivery.
Aren't these the cats meow?
Perfect gift idea for the cat lover on your gift list!
Charlotte
These handmade in Missouri muslin dish towels are made with vintage embroidery transfers to capture the charm of vintage. Each day of the week 17x30-inch handmade dish towel features two cats doing various traditional chores.
The chore for Tuesday is ironing. I have friends who tell me they haven't ironed in years but I still iron special items: some blouses, cloth napkins and, when I want a treat, my top sheet and pillow cases.
These handmade dish towels make wonderful Mother's Day gifts. We have also made several custom sets for wedding gifts. Please allow 3 months from when order is placed for delivery.
Charlotte
Weekend is over; it's time to get back to household chores.
In our vintage-inspired "Kitty Trouble" muslin dish towels, our two mischievous cats are ready to pitch in with doing laundry.
In those days, doing the wash included hanging laundry out on clothes lines to dry. I still like to dry my sheets out on my railing to get that fresh, just sundried smell.
Would you like these two hanging around your house?
Charlotte
Some may argue that resting is not a job but in this charming set of handmade muslin embroidered dish towels, slowing down is definitely part of the weekly chores.
These vintage-inspired hand embroidered in Missouri dish towels feature two cats staying busy throughout the week with specific daily chores.
For Sunday, the job is to set aside projects and catch up for another busy week.
Nap, anyone?
Charlotte
It's the weekend and how. Our "Kitty Trouble" handmade muslin dish towels with embroidered cats are all set to help you in the kitchen this weekend.
These vintage-inspired dish towels were very popular a few decades ago. I remember embroidering my own set of stamped dish towels with dogs for my "hope" chest when I was a teenager.
Now I also tend to spend Sunday afternoon getting ready for my upcoming week by baking and planning my meals. So much easier to get it all done when I divide up the chores every day.
What do you think these two are cooking up?
Charlotte
Whew, the week is almost over and it will be time for the weekend.
In these vintage dish towels featuring the daily chores of the week, our two mischievous embroidered cats are all set to celebrate the last day of the work week. Seems like a good day to get ready for the weekend by getting all cleaned up, doesn't it?
These "Kitty Trouble" vintage-designed inspired dish towels are handmade and hand-embroidered here in Missouri.
Don't these two look just a little too angelic?
Charlotte
So when daily chores were assigned, Thursday was designated as the day to go to "market." In those days, markets were small neighborhood grocery stores sometimes featuring locally-grown produce.
These charming "Kitty Trouble" dish towels are handmade in Missouri out of new muslin. They are also lovingly hand-embroidered in a vintage pattern. These two cats look like they are ready for nothing more than a little mischief!
What do you suppose these two would pick up at "market?"
Charlotte
Did you grow up with someone who had the weekly chores assigned to different days of the week?
I did, and to remind myself, the daily chores were also featured on dish towels I would hand-embroider.
One of my favorite handmade sets of dish towels is "kitty trouble," featuring two cats helping out around the house.
For Wednesday, these two furry helpers are whiskers-deep in thread.
What do you suppose Thursday's chore is going to be?
Charlotte
Just as every one of our custom quilts and gifts has a story, so do our wonderful customers.
When Heather ordered a set of our charming, handmade in Missouri Bluebird days of the week dish towels, she sounded very excited. At one point she told us she had been looking for something to keep her Mother's set of blue china company and now she had found the perfect thing.
I can't think of a better purpose for a bird that stands for happiness, can you?
Charlotte
The traditional gift flower for March is a jonquil, not to be confused with daffodil although sometimes the words are used interchangeably.
Jonquils have several flowers on a stem, usually a scent, and tube-like green leaves as opposed to flat daffodil leaves.
Although in Missouri both grow in abandoned home sites, they should not be confused with native wildflowers. Both jonquils, and daffodils, are imported flowers that grow from bulbs.
In the Victorian language of flowers, which was used to send secret messages in bouquets, a jonquil was a request to have affection returned.
Charlotte
Every month of the year has a favorite gift flower. For February, it is one of my favorite flowers: delicate and blue purple, like bluebells: the violet.
Violets are a favorite perennial Missouri spring flower but in February, they are still dormant covered in snow and ice so potted African violets make a nice substitute.
African violets are very easy to grow. The trick is to find the right indirect sunlight spot and not to get water on their leaves. In their native habitat of South Africa, African violets live under the shade of trees. Their leaves have developed hairs to capture nearby moisture but they can't absorb direct water contact.
In the Language of Flowers, which Victorians used to send secret messages in bouquets, violets represent faithfulness.
Charlotte
This is such an easy project to make, just in time for Valentine's Day and, not too far behind, Mother's Day.
The children of an office colleague gave me this one. It lives in a flower vase on my desk, to be used only on special occasions. I moved it to the window to photograph.
To make, you will need silk flowers of your choice; writing pens and tape. Green floral tape is available at most craft shops but as you can see from my pen, masking tape will do, too.
You can even add a little white silk sprig to make it look a little more like a flower bouquet. And you can never go wrong with roses!
The most challenging part is getting the tape wrapped around the flowers and pen.
Once wrapped, add a flower vase, and a card. Or not.
Have you tried to make one?
Charlotte
Carnations or Dianthus, their Latin botanical name, are the January flower of the month for personalized gift-giving.
Carnations, along with a number of favorite garden flowers, are ancient flowers, possibly named from the Greek word for flower garlands, since this long-lived flower was a popular choice for those floral decorations. According to the Victorian-era language of flowers, carnations in general represent fascination and divine love. Each different carnation flower color also has it's own special meaning:
Pink carnation: I will never forget you
Purple carnation: Capriciousness
Red carnation: My Heart Aches for You; admiration
Solid carnation: Yes
Striped carnation: Sorry I can't be with you or Wish I could be with you.
Yellow carnation: Rejection, you have disappointed me.
White carnation: Woman's good luck gift.
So what is this bouquet of carnations saying to you in the "language of flowers"?
Charlotte
This is the last piece of art from Missouri Fiber Artists St. Louis Lambert International Airport exhibit Christmas 2014.
There are so many different facets to this piece, I would love to know if the end result was what the artist intended or if it evolved as she made it. It if was a made to order piece, the artist is a visionary to think of all of the minute details.
Take a closer look at some of the details:
Isn't this piece simply lovely? What part do you like best?
Charlotte
One more interesting piece from the Missouri Fiber Artists display at St. Louis Lambert International Airport Christmas 2014.
Of all of the fiber pieces, this is the one I would have liked to touch. The finish was very interesting, reminiscent of fish scales or maybe the side of a dinosaur.
Can you guess what the artist used to make the opening?
This fiber piece was made by Leandra Spangler out of cotton paper, reed, paint and a zipper. That's a zipper wrapped around the opening!
What did you think was used to make the jagged opening?
Charlotte
Behind the charming Tea in Paris pitcher, you can see parts of another charming piece in the Missouri Fiber Arts display at St. Louis Lambert International Airport Christmas 2014.
20,000 Leagues Fiber boat was also made by Joyce Pion out of felted wool, silk and "found objects."
I remember seeing some of the glass pieces at a local dollar store including the fish hanging off the side and the yellow scuba diver.
Aren't the little scenes at either end fun?
Interesting yellow melon-looking piece in the back, I'll take a closer look at that fiber piece next.
Did you read Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?
Charlotte
Another charming use of fabric in the Missouri Fiber Artists display at St. Louis Lambert International Airport Christmas 2014 was this fabric pitcher.
According to the sign, the piece was made by Joyce Pion and includes wool, cotton, waxed linen and "found objects. I can see where wool fabric was heated to become felt and embroidered to make this wonderful tribute to having tea in Paris, France.
The pitcher reminded me of Victorian-era crazy quilts where fabric pieces are cut in different shapes, sewn together and embellished with hand embroidery.
Look at the details including a little map of downtown Paris.
So delightful. C'est la vie!
Charlotte
As I was travelling through St. Louis Lambert International Airport over Christmas 2014, a Missouri Fiber Artist display in a corner caught my eye.
I am fascinated by what people can do with fabric, and not just for quilts. This small display had some wonderfully charming examples of fabric becoming something totally transformed.
The first one was a face made out of fabric, both front and back. The face reminded me of a ship's sail taking on wind to move across water.
Here's the back, which interestingly enough was the first side one sees. Maybe this is why I thought of the sailing image.
What do you see in these fabric pieces?
Charlotte
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