When you need to give a little thank you gift, this quick, fun little item is just the ticket. It’s the kind of thing that won’t make the recipient feel beholden, like the offer of a kidney or your firstborn.  It’s a dishtowel, sewn with washaway (water soluble) thread into a bag that holds apples or whatever, but only temporarily.
My friend Pat did me a great favor and I needed to thank her.  Your lives are probably as tightly scheduled as I mine, so you will understand that when I decided at the last minute to take a trip to North Carolina, there were complications. One of these complications was that I had to find someone to take my turn to bring dessert for 20 ladies at my monthly church circle Bible study. My friend Pat was that someone.
As a thank you, I brought some crisp North Carolina apples for her. But I needed a nicer presentation than a plastic WalMart sack so I embroidered and sewed this bag from my oh-so-handy stash of vintage gingham trim dishtowels from All About Blanks. I keep a hefty supply all washed, starched and pressed in my sewing room and find so many uses for them. Continue reading
