Fingertip and Flour sack towels? Is that the fabric or size or ???

Marji gave you a really good answer. I have nothing to add. Flower and XoXo

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by sand 09 Mar 2008

and to you too

Thanks for all the answers. The Fingertip towel must be, what we call a guest towel and is used pretty much the same way. I dont think it is useal for us to use it in the kitchen, but I do because I like the small size. The Flour Sack Towels was new to me. Flowers for everyone for all your answers.

Isn't it amazing the amount of information you can get just from a simple question here? I wanted to comment on the use of fingertip towels in the kitchen in Utah. I know that my sisters and I use them pretty much just as decorations. We have different ones for the seasons, holidays, and so forth. They just look so cute. =]

are your finger tip towels the same as our Aussie hand towels, our hand towels measures 12 inches x 24 inches ( 35 X 69 cms)

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by lorettag28 09 Mar 2008

Ours are 11 x 16 inches. A flower for you.

Oh Sand, thank for the question and I can see our "CUTE" family have given you all the answers - isn't it wonderful to have so many - that can help break the language barrier? I love to embriodery on both fingertip and flour sack towels. Hehehe! *4U

sand, what an interesting question. You have already gotten great answers, but I want to add a note. Fingertip towels can be used in the kitchen as well, it is big in Utah. They are usually very plush, a velvet like feel. The flour sack towels are large by my measure 32 x 16, I think. They are white but can be dyed. They do make the best drying towel. My Mother used to make many things with the "OLD" real flour sack towels. So it is nice that the industry makes such a wonderful product for us to embroidery on now. I have seen some that have been made into small table top coverings. HaHa. A flower to you.

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by marjialexa 08 Mar 2008

Hi, Loretta! What do you use the fingertip towels for in the kitchen? Aren't they a bit small for drying hands that are *really* wet? Or is there some clandestine use for them I don't know about, hee hee hee? Do tell. Of course a posy for you, & everybody. This was a really neat question! Marji

Sand, don't forget what a 'young' country the USA is, born in 1776. And that was only the 13 colonies on the Eastern Seaboard of the country. Some of our Western States were not settled till 1800's, not made part of USA till 1900's. We are very truly Pioneers in many ways in the USA. When my Aunt & Uncle lived where I am living now, my cousin & I were children, and had to go pump water in buckets to bring into the house, there was no running water in the house. And yes, they had an outhouse. Sand, you probably have *houses* in Denmark older than our *country*, hee hee hee! Luv ya, Marji

Marji, that was a great answer and sand, thanks for asking. I actually have a quilt made from "flour sacks" that has passed down through the family. It is a real treasure. ;)

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by sand 08 Mar 2008

Clothes and quilt from flour sacks, I had never heard of this before. But naturaly, so it must been so. Flowers for you too.

by marjialexa 08 Mar 2008

Jrob, maybe you could post a picture of that quilt, to show the prints & the material, & of course the hand quilting. It must be a treasure! M

Kind of both, Sand. "Fingertip" towels are like very small hand towels you would put in the bathroom for guests to use. They can be terrycloth (loopy) or a flat finish almost like linen. "Flour sack" towels are for drying dishes, like linen, but made out of a 'homespun' type material. People here in the USA swear by these as the best for dish drying. Originally they were actually made from the sacks or bags that flour or feed came in. They are sometimes called 'feed sack' towels. Another note, these feed & flour sacks were printed with flowers, small calico prints, etc., and were used by the farm women to make dresses, children's clothes, and quilts. In quilting stores you will often see reproductions of this type of print today, often called 'feedsack' prints. The actual material is sometimes even a reproduction of the muslin feed sack. This was not so very long ago, because I have aprons of my Mom's made from feedsacks. I hope the "American Pioneer" lesson helped, Sand. It's so interesting to note that our international friends don't always know what we're going on about. Thanks for asking, I'm sure you're not the only one that didn't know. A flower for you. Marji

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by sand 08 Mar 2008

Thanks for the lesson. This is one of the things I enjoy by embroidering, you learn so many different things. A flower for you too.

by dlonnahawkins 09 Mar 2008

Good lesson marji