A Gift of Vintage Linen Dish Towels

I stated in the previous post that a woman came to the Artists and Artisans in Paradise Art Show specifically to meet me and give me the gift of these beautiful dish towels. She read in the newspaper article that I search estate sales for old cotton and linen fabrics to turn into paper. She acquired this collection of linen kitchen dish towels quite by accident. She explained to me how she and her husband would go to estate sales and auctions. One year they bought an old dresser at an auction. When they brought it home and opened it they found these towels in there. The woman said she hadn't used them and won't. She thought of me when she read the article and wanted to pass them on free to me if I was interested in them. "Was I ever!" I exclaimed. "But they are too beautiful to cut up and turn into paper. I will add them to my dish towel collection and use them in the kitchen" I told her. "As long as you want them, they are yours" she replied. Isn't that precious?

Look at these beauties. Note the dates on each of them.

First Annual Artists and Artisans in Paradise Show

Hosted by the Stratford Arts Guild, the first of what will be an annual show, Artists and Artisans in Paradise was a success! Well advertised and a gorgeous late summer day brought many people to Paradise Green, in Stratford, CT. It was nice to participate in an art show in my community and meet art lovers from my town.

 A few people came specifically to meet me and see my work based on an article in the Connecticut Post. I was quoted in the article along with a few other members of the Stratford Art Guild. One woman came to give me a stack of vintage linen dish towels. She had read in the article that I peruse estate sales for cotton sheets and linen tablecloths and dish towels to turn into pulp for papermaking. The dish towels she gave me  are too beautiful and full of history to be cut for paper. I have added them to my rather large vintage dish towel collection. That was an unexpected and delightful pleasure! Another woman came to see me because she liked the way I described my work in the article. (Abstract, yet representational and inspired by nature.)