Craft Challenge: Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Tea Towel by Nathalie Mornu, Lark Books, 2010 With so many sewing books currently on the market, and even more free tutorials available online, it is getting increasingly difficult for authors to distinguish themselves and earn some coveted space on your (or my) bookshelf. But Nathalie Mornu [...]
Tammis Keefe butterflies and dragonflies tea towel. Image from some eBay seller years ago.
1958 is our year, originally uploaded by Hillary Lang. This is the grand finale of this month of calendar tea towels. Hillary posted about her beautiful 1958 Pennsylvania Dutch-motif towel here. I hope you’ve been inspired to go find (or make) one for your year.
Startex 1960 calendar tea towel, $10 from Rubylane seller Black Dog Kitchen. Googling “Startex” revealed that there is a town by that name in South Carolina, it’s a textile industry-heavy area. This page has a photo of “the remains of the Startex Mill” … don’t know if that is the origin of this towel though.
1958 linen Pennsylvania Dutch-themed calendar towel designed by Francis G. Dearden, $15 from Rubylane seller Chez Marianne.
1961 French sports-themed calendar tea towel, $21 from Etsy seller intovintagecloths.
1973 calendar wall hanging with folky houses and a house blessing prayer, $12.00 from Etsy seller createjacksonville.
Here’s a 1971 Vera calendar tea towel with Pennsylvania Dutch-inspired motifs, for auction on eBay (current bid $5 with free shipping, ends Jan-25-09 15:13:20 PST).
eBay auction for two farmy, folksy calendar tea towels from the 1950s: one from from 1958 (no identifying info), the other from 1959 by Margret Tomes for Original Town House Kitchen Decoratives. Auction ending soon, Jan-23-09 11:31:42 PST.
Sweet 1964 Pennsylvania Dutch-themed calendar tea towel, from the collection of little Miss Vintage on Flickr.
An assortment of vintage textile wall calendars from curdsnwhey (Nanette of Rummage) on Flickr. Here’s another shot with the years visible: 1969-81.
Vintage Vera 1962 Linen Calendar tea towel with jam jars, from eBay seller parkerwendy. Current bid $9.99, auction ends Jan-18-09 18:35:00 PST.
1970 Pennsylvania Dutch calendar, from rubylane seller Lisa’s Vintage Treasures. There are three towels printed on one length of fabric.
1982 Vera Rainbow Themed Kitchen Towel, from Rubylane seller in2vintagecloths.
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