Tea Towel Tuesday

Yes.

Tea Towels. Tis the subject I will speak of today.

Do I hear a hush over the audience--from California to Greece?

Tea Towels?

From the girl who carries coupons for a brand of paper towel?

Why yes...yes....ME!

OK, cut to the chase, cause tonight is Dancing With the Stars FINALS and

American Idol FINALS and I have Blue Bell Cookies n Cream Ice Cream

Just callin' my name, plus a cat to plop and purr in my lap---!

Tea Towels--I want to conjure towels printed with my own photos-

Yes, I do.

A gulp was heard from the friends who know I pretty much

Flunked Junior High Home Ec... I digress...

What I've figured out is-must be a transfer, possibility heat transfer--

I've visited blogs, yet these Tea Towel Terrifics already know what they do--

I don't.

Must I make dozens of transfers for the dozens of towels I'd like to make?

Is there a one transfer that fits all? Is there a place that will do bulk?

I like pretty towels--when they're too pretty to even use--

The Quicker Picker Upper paper towel can't say THAT!

So, who out there can answer my questions and put me on the

Path of Tea Towel Tantalizin'?

Thanks in advance. If you were here- I'd share my ice cream with you....well...maybe... :)

Quilt Bee Me....NOT!

However my chum, Another Aries IS! We did lunch today to girl gab and laugh, especially while we realized our reading glasses didn't help us see the the menu any better! One of our many topics was Another Aries passion for quilting.

I don't get it.

Told my chum how I picture her being in the 1800's with the butter churn near by. She'd be quilting up a blanket as her young'un's rounded up cows to milk--for the butter churn. After we laughed, Another Aries explained how a machine does a majority of the work, and it's all about strips of fabric. Another Aries went on to explain the projects she's working on and plans to work on. How she wouldn't mind quilting up some mats and blankees for cats. Now, THAT perked me up. My cats always need a new item. Alas-

I still don't get the quilt thing. Memories of not so good 7th grade Home Ec grades floated back to me over my pasta lunch. Unleashing my creativity ain't about to happen in quilting either. Although, Another Aries and I spoke of being entrepreneurs. Her with her quilt wares and me with mine--which of course, is everything feline.

But ya know, it doesn't matter if I don't get quilting or not. Another Aries does. Even started a blog about her love for quilting along with other blog about life as a Proud Tejana. I suggested she post more stuff on her quilt blog since there are others who share the same passion (unlike me).

So to wrap this all up, I decided that every now and then, I'll just ask Another Aries if my cats' quilt blankee is done! They'll love it and so will I! :)

Oh, and I didn't down ALL my 74 ounces of water down today...almost...but not all...

So = Sew

Sorta kinda did some. Well, I helped and got educated on the art of 21st century embroidery. A chum helped me with t-shirts for a writers' conference I'm volunteering on Saturday. Realized I am so stuck in the 1970's on technology.

Had no idea embroidery can be done by a machine. A sewing machine that also embroiders. There's a screen ON the machine. Then you choose from the fonts, patterns, stitches before you. Punch it in. Hit the 'on' button --no foot pedal to push-and off you go. Oh, did I mention, the machine even threads the needle?

I just recall being in 7th grade Home Ec and we did embroidering. By hand. We had our PE navy blue one piece outfits to embroidery something on one of the legs. I did a Peace sign. Which I did indeed get an "A" for.

"A" for a sign Peace?

Still sounds good in 2009 as it did in 1970.