Friday, January 6, 2023

2023 Tea Towel Calendar

A short post today just to mark the beginning of a new embroidery project I expect to be working on for much of the year - a tea towel calendar from Gingiber @gingiberI didn't even know tea towel calendars were a thing until I saw Jen @stitchalongwithjen post about her new sew along. 

Photo by Stacie Bloomfield; Used by permission.

I'm not joining the monthly subscription being offered, but my friend Sharon @redapplestitches will be working on her own tea towel project, so I expect we'll compare notes; and I'll be following along with Jen and other stitchers on Instagram.

Though I haven't begun stitching quite yet, I've backed the towel with a lightweight cotton fabric, and chosen a handful of perle cotton threads to get me started. I have a handwork project or two to finish first, and then I'll be starting in. I'm looking forward to this unique kind of sampler!

6 comments:

  1. I'll be interested to see this one come about. I never though of embroidering a tea towel calendar.

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  2. Ok, this really dates me, but tea towel calendars used to be a big thing when I was growing up. I remember using many of them in my mom's kitchen. I have a batik tea towel calendar I received from a missionary friend years ago; now I need to find it and see if it would work for something like this. Fun idea!

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  3. This is something straight out of the box - can't wait to see your stitching.

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  4. Another inspiring idea! love it. Will you actually use it someday as a tea towel?

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  5. I remember seeing kitchen towel calendars on my elderly relative's walls. Never thought much about them. But how clever for someone to design a calendar for embroidery! Seems like the perfect way to stitch something that will already have a purpose when you're finished. But it's a 2023 calendar, right? So you won't be using it in 2023, right? So that means you'll have a finished 2023 calendar when the year is over?

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