Tea Towel Love- Mondays Child

I have a small collection of tea towels that I want to get framed and hung throughout the house. I certainly don’t own 300 odd tea towels like Richard Till, however in an odd twist of fate I picked up his book “Every Tea Towel Tells a Story – Richard Till’s Special Collection” for $4.99 a few months ago and discovered two of my tea towels are in his book

First up is this cute tea towel that “Save The Children” put out . Mondays child is full of grace………what day are you? I am Friday’s Child – Loving and giving.

Next up is this Kiwiana tea towel, that I bought two years ago for around $3.00. I liked this tea towel because of the colours and it matched the colours of our old kitchen at Newlands Road. This will form the basis of the colour scheme for our new kitchen.

This tea towel is a bit faded, however once framed it should be fine. I bought this tea towel as a slice of New Zealand history and I even remember some of the packaging. This tea towel is in Richard’s book, and he paid $106 for it. Um, I am pleased to say I didn’t pay anywhere near that.

Last but not least is this Home League tea towel. This I bought for sentimental reasons. This tea towel celebrates 100 years of  “The Home League of New Zealand”. Besides it being the 100th anniversary tea towel, I bought it because my nana was a home league member until her death. I have many memories of attending home league with her. This was another tea towel in Richards book.

While, I may collect a few more tea towels, they will be to use and not be used as artwork for the home. Do you have any special tea towels?  I wonder would there be any interest in a “tea towel and send a little something extra nice swap”?

***Edited to add: The tea towel doesn’t have to have a kiwiana theme. I envisage you would send one tea towel to one person. I would match people up and info about fav colours or interest could help with tea towel selection.

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