When Dominique thanked her Secret Pal she wrote:>the tea towel is so pretty i don't think i'll ever use it as such ..
Some newbies may not be aware that linen tea towels that are too special to use for drying dishes, make great cover cloths. They are also good conversation starters when demonstrating or at lace workshops or lace days.
I'm not a part of the Secret Pal exchange (don't start me on why not <g>), and I don't -- usually -- read the "thank you" notes. But, on the subject *tea towels*, I do have something to say :) A couple of years ago, I got one -- from a New Zealand e-friend -- which was "much to the purpose"... All about TEA (also spelled "T" <g>)... I considered using it as a cover cloth, but it was a wrong size/shape. So, I used it as "tapestry" -- hung it on the wall where I could see it whenever I needed to take a visual break from my pillow... For the past few months, it's been carefully folded and stored -- the spot had been taken over by a NY Times "ad" (about the same size as the tea-towel) showing George Bush's photo against the MISLEADER text... But I'm getting tired of *that* (we all know he's a liar, and looking at his face brings no pleasure), so the tea towel will go back and replace it soon.
DH has a tea towel (from Australia?) which is all about *his* interest -- literature (Shakespeare is what I can remember, but there's more to it)...That is also used as a "tapestry", though a free-hanging one, in his study. Real tapestries have never been in our (your general "Jane Schmoe") reach, but immitations still give warmth...
----- Tamara P Duvall Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
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