I swear I do own an iron, but you wouldn't know it to look at my tablecloth photos today. Nice. This rooster and farm cloth is one of my favorites in my very small collection. I found it at a thrift and it is in perfect condition and the colors are still really vivid--it doesn't show any signs of its likely 50+ years of age. It's one of my only cloths that has a label (made by California Hand Prints, who also produced beach towels. It's not particularly rare--they pop up on eBay all the time--but I think it's charming and I love the bright colors. I normally use my tablecloths on
my table and we even eat on them, but this one is in such nice shape that I just can't bring myself to chance spilling salad dressing on it, so it lives in a dresser drawer for now, until I can find a neat old ladder like this to display it on.I received a wonderful surprise thank you treat in the mail the other d
ay from Kirsten of Preppy Pink Crocodile, who won my pie giveaway earlier this summer. Kirsten sews really fun stuff and she sent me an envelope just stuffed with goodies! She made me a luggage tag and coffee sleeve out of the most darling fabric printed with pies, a cute tissue holder with chickens, a neat bookmark made of ribbon and tiny green ball trim, and a very cool pink and orange reversible smock for Miss Maren! Kirsten's package was totally unexpected and absolutely delightful!More Tablecloth Thursday here and here and here!
Oh nice one! That pink one of mine is (I think) a California Handprints also. They are wrinkly buggers.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked it and that it was a fun surprise. Both the smock and tissue keeper ideas were from reading blogs so it only seems fitting to include those as a little blog thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for my pie prize- I really have enjoyed everything so much and can't wait to try new pie recipes as soon as it cools off up here.
O wouldn't a ladder like that be so cool to display tablecloths and beautiful quilts, too! I would love to have one. Your tablecloth is lovely. And I admire your courage to use your vintage stuff in your everyday life. I'm not that brave, so most of my stuff just stays tucked away somewhere and I take it out from time to time to admire it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you got some really coold stuff from Kirsten, too. Enjoy!
:) Brenda