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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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 Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 09:01:54 AM
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Does anyone know if there are low-cost versions of vintage patterned kitchen towels? I love the antique ones but cannot afford $30.00 a piece. Any ideas?
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 09:03:44 AM
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I always get mine at the thrift, or large antique shows where they go for $3.00 or sometimes less. Anthropolgie carries them, but they're $18.00 and I won't pay that for a kitchen towel when I can get the real thing for cheap :)
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 09:05:57 AM
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where would I find those types of shows this summer (thrift or antique shows)?
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 09:09:57 AM
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I'm not sure where Wayne, is, Kristina, but near Cincinnati, there is the Burlington, KY antique show which is a monthly event, and one vendor, in particular, has vintage kitchen towels (and all the other linens you can think of) just piled on tables for your perusal. I'm sure there are places near other larger city centers, like Columbus, too.
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 09:11:34 AM
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Thank you!
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2010 : 10:24:56 AM
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Hi Kristina -
Give this website a try - looks like they are only $5-6 each there and cute!
vintage-towels.com
Luanne
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Sourceress
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elisabeth
Thurmont
MD
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Posted - Apr 27 2010 : 12:34:03 AM
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Also, not for nothing, but there is a company that still makes vintage-style towels for stitchers who want to embroider towels like mama/grandma/great-aunt-Mabel/whoever had in her kitchen 70 years ago, and a company that publishes all sorts of wonderful iron-on patterns for doing just that. I got a copy of a wonderful book about vintage kitchen linens (I'll have to dig it up and post the title and author - I don't remember it off the top of my head, and it's buried in a pile at the end of the bed which my husband is currently asleep in), and got so inspired by all the cute, kitschy stuff women used to make for their kitchens that I decided I needed to make some for myself.* Of course, now I can't find my iron, so I'm kind of at a standstill until I do, or until I give up and go borrow one from my mother-in-law, but there you go. The point is, if you're even a little bit handy with an embroidery needle, you can make your own adorable vintage-style towels. A lot of the patterns are line drawings, so if you can do outline stitch, you're good to go. Pick a colour and outline away! I found both towels and a wealth of iron-on transfer patterns at Jo-Ann's Fabric, so they shouldn't be too hard to find.
*In all fairness, the adorable vintage "Bee" towels in the Simply Bee issue of MJF, along with many years of reading "Piecework", was what got me interested in vintage kitchen linens and kitschy embroidered towels to begin with - without MJF and Piecework, I probably never would have bought the book.
Good luck!
Lis
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
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Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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coffeemom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody
Carlinville
IL
USA
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Posted - Apr 27 2010 : 8:54:45 PM
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| I go to our local Rural King store and buy white dish towels and then make them look old with vintage embroidery patterns. I just finished a set of "days of the week" towels using Mary Jane's patterns in the Stitching Room book. They are embroidered and appliqued. They are a wedding gift along with crochet dish rags for my great niece who is getting married in October. |
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
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PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - May 10 2010 : 02:00:30 AM
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You can make them look even older by soaking them in Tea. Gives that real Vintage Charm & appearance to them.
Then embroider them or appliqué them.
blessings,
~peggy
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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Posted - May 14 2010 : 04:34:48 AM
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You all gave me loads of ideas. Thanks a bunch!
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 14 2010 : 08:19:44 AM
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There is a place in Springfield. Actually it is the the U.S.'s biggest antique place. It is off exit 62 at the intersection of I-70 and US-40. They have loads of that sort of thing and some of the little places are quite reasonable and lots of them are in very good condition! I don't know if you are anywhere near there but just thought I'd let you know.
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delicia
True Blue Farmgirl
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delicia
cincinnati
ohio
USA
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Posted - May 17 2010 : 06:27:58 AM
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I am really excited I found a stack of day's of the week embroidered kitchen towels for $4.00. They are so cute they are missing Monday but, have a little dog on each one doing chores for that day. They are really cute.
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LindaAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
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Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
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Posted - May 17 2010 : 08:30:13 AM
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http://www.flickr.com/groups/hooplove/ has oodles of vintage flour sack towel designs that members have uploaded. Print the designs, tape the page to a window printed side out and trace the design on the reverse with an iron-on transfer pen or pencil. Iron the design onto your towel and stitch.
Linda
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