Friday 23 July 2010

Ten ways I love to use tea towels

When did my love of tea towels begin?
Well it wasn't at the kitchen sink!

Inspiration came when I saw these wonderful tea towels at StudioPatro
They describe it so beautifully:

"what is a tea towel?


essential kitchen accomplice

natural and absorbent

thoughtful, responsible giving

washable and reusable

classic cook's tool

better than a paper towel

motivator to dry the dishes

dish towel or art?"


Reading the constantly inspiring Treefall today, I was introduced to Skinny Laminx 
and her amazing T-towel designs in her Etsy shop. 
Had to buy this one for the IKEA man in my life!


The thought popped into my head that I really needed to know how
 to use these tea towels for wrapping gifts japanese style, Furoshiki to be precise.

Furoshiki in a nutshell = the origami of cloth


Do you believe in synchronicity?
 I do ... 
no sooner had the wrapping idea come to me 
than I was led to click on this link with a twist!


Further investigation led me here and now I am madly practising wrapping anything to get my skill level up.

Go further and watch this clip to make a kangaroo wrap

I had to end with my own effort

No animal suffered in the taking these photographs



Ps Sorry, this  blog has link overload - but I just kept finding more and more that I wanted to share with you.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you put in that disclaimer about Rufus not suffering! How on earth did you get him to sit still and pose

christina weber said...

thanks so much for your nice thoughts and words. nice to know about you through your blog too!

Unknown said...

Thanks for your comments - Rufus is a born performer and a few treats are all he needs as incentive. I think he loves the camera!

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