other 9 towels will go into the kitchen for drying dishes. I will spend a little more next time for better results. It's true, you get what you pay for. That is my lesson for the day,

DH is finally learning this from me. LOL!!!

My Dad always said that and he added:
"if you can't afford to buy the best, then go without until you can"
"all good things worth having are worth waiting for" so if you
"save your penny's the pounds will look after themselves and before long you'll have the money to buy the best"

He was SO right!

But I didn't know it applied to husbands too..... (the waiting part, not the money part!) LOL!!!

hnr, m

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by michele921 25 Feb 2011

I agree we have just set our wedding date, been together for 15yrs now we are going to actually get married on Sept 29 2012, since I have never married waited for the right person we are going to have a big wedding with all the bells and whistles. Some are saying why? I keep saying have waited all this time to marry the right man and I am having the full wedding too!!! since it will be the only wedding I am going to have LOL

I was excited about finding a pack of 12 plain white cotton mens hankies for $5 that I could embroider for table napkins so I washed them and the hem all around wasn't turned under enough so I had to trim a lot of thead and will have to turn them under and hem all around so not quite the bargain but I will hem with a color decorative stitch and embroider on them, don't know what yet, we are not "sit at the table for a meal" type people and my kitchen is so small and no dining room so we eat in the living room but I have always dreamed of a day I would have a nice place with a dining room and though I doubt we will ever get out of this tiny house I can still dream.

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by bevintex 25 Feb 2011

I wanted to stock up on some blanks to have ready for a rainy day, guess i was thinking with my pocketbook instead of my brain. Next time I'll pay more attention to the quality.

I bought a package like that once never did embroider them, infact still in with all my blanks. After I brought them home and opened the package I wasn't wasting my time way to thin to actually use. I always feel the thickness of any towels I find at a good price.

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by meganne 24 Feb 2011

Why not stitch two together (sandwich like) and use them, they'd probably make great dusters. :-)

by bevintex 25 Feb 2011

sandwich, ummmmmmmmm now I'm hungry. LOL
bev

by michele921 25 Feb 2011

good idea maybe try when I have nothing else going on, but they were so thin I just wasn't wasting my time with them, I did buy some micro fiber hand towels and have been doing them to go with the potholders and they have been coming out great so I think I will stick with them for now.

I think the towels most are selling as "feed sacks" are more like cheesecloth. My late MIL had pillowcases and curtains made from her Dad's farm feedsacks, and after all that time being washed, are (I have them) still thicker. Just try to imagine them being full of seed and being tossed around. LOL Would not hold up long.
I have instead gotten restaurant napkins from Sam's club-17" square - and they are nice and sturdy.
Jo

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by bevintex 25 Feb 2011

I have heard some stores are going to be selling flour in cloth material. I bet you have to buy 50 pounds. I'll check out Sam's Club the next time I'm in there.
bev

by michele921 25 Feb 2011

around here if you are on freecycle they give the feed sacks away, see post for them all the time, maybe have to ask for some and try them out LOL

I'm kind of feeling this too, as I recently bought 10 bibs for $5.00, I'm thinking like you that they are more work than they are worth! Well, we live & learn Yes!

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by bevintex 24 Feb 2011

yes we do. As long as it doesn't cost more than 5 dollars I won't complain too much

Sorry to hear this. I expect the tea towels are the same as in the UK Ikea. I decided they were not worth buying.

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by bevintex 24 Feb 2011

I can still use them, they will stay plain and unembroidred.

It's always hated to think you have a good thing going and then.....At least you're not out much and you can still use them to wash the car.

I wonder if being applique made a difference, as well, especially if the towels were pretty thin. And how much backup the stabilizer provided as well, I guess. I'm fairly 'frugal' and often embroider on cheap towels, but I really like the waffle types and don't seem to have any problems. What a nuisance for you, especially if they were for someone who's not going to use them anyway, but just look at them, as one of my friends likes to do! If it was issues with colour run, I wonder if giving them a soak in salted water first might help. We used to do that in days past, didn't we?

Like Noah I learned this a while ago to! But sometimes a find myself contemplating buying the cheaper option, so thanks for the worthy reminder!

Well........ while in America recently I bought two packs of feedsack towels to embroider, having read a lot about them.
I washed them this week and I'm very reluctant to embroider them now because they are so thin.
I've never seen them before and I wonder if people really do use them for tea-towels.

They are almost square and remind me of new-born baby wraps for hot summer days. They really would be wonderful for that.

I'd be interested in comments from other people who have embroidered on these feedsack towels.
Are there different qualities, depending on where they are bought?
Do these thin towels really make good tea-towels.
If so, then I'd go ahead and do the embroidery.

AlmaG.

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by bevintex 24 Feb 2011

I bought a pkg of 3 colored feedsack towels off of ebay. They were very nice. I even embroidered them for a gift and will be proud to give these away. I also got another set of 6, a different brand. They were more like a gauze, made in India. Very thin and i won't embroider them. I think it just depends on the manufacturer how they are made. Maybe you can try a simple design on one and make a decision if you want to embroider more.
bev

by meganne 24 Feb 2011

Alma, Maybe you could use them for FSL designs where you need organza backing. LOLOLOL!!!!
Sorry, I'm being silly again!!! :-)

AHHHHH-live n learn huh Bev. But you don't know, if you don't try...right? At least it wasn't a big expensive investment. So why won't you do it again-just that the towels are chintzy when the wash up? ~linda~

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by bevintex 24 Feb 2011

i washed them beforehand, they run like a pair of cheap hose. just cheapo material. not a good experience. I'll get some better ones. I'm not too upset, only cost me 5 dollars. lesson learned.
bev

Thanks BEV. I TO LEARNED THIS LESSON LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG AGO LOL CAROLYN

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by bevintex 24 Feb 2011

I knew better but had to try anyway.