Thimbles & Tales: Seven Days with a Dish Towel

Seven days. Seven dish towels. One woman who has better things to do than housework!Meet the wonderfully relatable lady of Thimbles & Tales: Seven Days with a Dish Towel, a playful collection of seven hand-embroidery patterns inspired by the old-fashioned Monday-through-Sunday dish towels-only these have a little more attitude.From Monday's mountain of laundry to Sunday's well-earned day off, our curly-haired, coffee-loving stitcher makes her way through a very long week with humor, her faithful pup nearby, and plenty of reasons to put the chores off until tomorrow.Inside you'll find seven cheerful designs: Monday - Laundry Day How Can Two People Wear This Many Clothes?Tuesday - Cleaning Day I Cleaned Yesterday. What Happened?Wednesday - Ironing Day Wrinkles Build Character.Thursday - Grocery Day I Went In for Milk.Friday - Baking Day It Looked Better in the Recipe.Saturday - Sewing Day Housework? I Have Stitching to Do.Sunday - I Quit Day Even the Dust Deserves a Day Off.Designed especially with beginning stitchers in mind, these patterns follow the Thimbles & Tales philosophy: Outline It. Don't Fill It.You'll work with just a handful of easy embroidery stitches and small touches of cheerful color. The patterns can be traced directly from the book or enlarged to create the size that works best for your project.You'll also find ideas for changing the woman's hair, clothing, colors, and pet; tiny interchangeable motifs; finishing and gifting inspiration; and even a homemade laundry soap recipe.Make all seven towels for your own kitchen, stitch your favorite one as a gift, or create an entire week-long set for someone who understands that sometimes...The dishes can wait. The laundry can too. There are only so many stitching hours in a day.Thimbles & Tales - Patterns for a More Joyful Life