Tea Towels

William-Sonoma carries a variety of tea towels, some in all white, which might suit your purposes. You might try Googling them.

I agree, it's hard these days to find this stuff. There's a tea towel I like, but wouldn't embroider, that I just love because they really soak up moisture. Wish I could think of the name they call them. It's rather more flimsy than I think you are looking for. And rather large.

Dianne

I've purchased these colorwork towels to use with Aunt Martha's transfer patterns. Their service was fast and trouble free. No affiliation, just a satisfied customer:

Check out whatever store carries Martha Stewart Everyday items--she had some nice flour sack towels in that line, as well as some linen-y looking ones with a striped border on the long sides. At least where I am, these are cheaper than the ones sold in craft stores especially for embroidery, and actually stand up to use. Dawne

Ahhh, flower sack towels. That's the word I was trying to come up with. Those are rather soft for embroidery, in my opinion. But you are right, they certainly are inexpensive. I love them for their absorbency.

Dianne

Dianne - thanks for the wonderful image, but they are "flour" sacks!

Cheryl

Somedays it doesn't pay to get out of bed! Thanks for the laugh on me! I loved it!

Dianne

I wonder - I seem to recall White Lily flour sacks had a picture of lily - must have been what you were thinking of!

Cheryl

I just love those embroidered flour sack dishtowels! Especially the "days of the week" ones. I inherited my grandmother's much loved, much used ones, and they did indeed stand up through time (even most of the embroidery). I'm glad that transfers are still made for them (I like to collect them), but it is hard to find "flour sack" towels that are as good of a quality as the ones from my mother's and grandmother's day. All the ones I find tend to shrink into wrinkly uneven squares and aren't nearly as absorbent.

Jinx

Thanks for the kind help . . . but when you're an idiot, no amount of any smoothing over is going to do any good. Here I am, reading a post with the word "flour", which is the word I was looking for, and I type "flower." Go figure!

Dianne

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you can find an old-fashioned towel called a "flour sack towel" which is all white and 100% muslin. Lehman's specializes in articles for the Amish community, and many of their products are widely used by those who yearn for things from a simpler time. The flour sack towels come in bundles of 10 for $18.95. I use them for everyday tasks like dusting and polishing, and I believe the muslin fabric will be an excellent choice for stamping patterns for embroidery. HTH.

Betty in Georgia

I love those transfers too, and have several sets. I occasionally add a random day to a towel.

is a site that has some of the day of the week designs as well as other designs from older transfers,Dawne

Thanks for the link, Dawne! I've already got project ideas lined up from it!

Jinx