{"id":5554,"date":"2010-02-08T23:04:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T04:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2012-04-12T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T02:39:00","slug":"2-way-guest-towels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/2-way-guest-towels\/","title":{"rendered":"2-Way Guest Towels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguesttowel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5555\" title=\"2-wayguesttowel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguesttowel-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguesttowel-1024x739.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguesttowel-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguesttowel.jpg 1139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Few things are prettier than<a title=\"Linen Guest Towels\" href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/02\/linen-guest-towels\/\"> linen guest towels<\/a>, embroidered and hemstitched, hanging demurely from the bathroom towel rack.<\/p>\n<p>Most guests, however, are loathe to use them, reluctant to wrinkle the beauties and leave them hanging in the disarray that results when linen is handled.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A good solution is to hang the embroidered linen towels and place a pair of fingertip towels embroidered with a matching or coordinating design on the vanity surface. Guests will readily use the\u00c2\u00a0sturdy terry cloth towels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5556\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelinenscan.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5556\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5556\" title=\"2-wayguestowelinenscan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelinenscan-641x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelinenscan-641x1024.jpg 641w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelinenscan-188x300.jpg 188w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelinenscan.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lavender paper placed behind design to show organdy inset<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As I do so often, I used Sue Box\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s designs on this set of towels for my daughter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first home. Sue\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<em> Golden Classics<\/em> collection is one of my favorites and, like most of her collections, includes coordinating designs. In the collection\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sub-category <em>Gilt Frame<\/em>, the designs include appliqu\u00c3\u00a9, for which a piece of Swiss organdy was used on the linen towel. For the fingertip towel, the design was stitched without the appliqu\u00c3\u00a9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelftt1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5558\" title=\"2-wayguestowelftt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelftt1-611x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelftt1-611x1024.jpg 611w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelftt1-179x300.jpg 179w, http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-wayguestowelftt1.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve often given embroidered linen guest towels for bridal showers and housewarmings. From now on, a matching pair of fingertip towels will be included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few things are prettier than linen guest towels, embroidered and hemstitched, hanging demurely from the bathroom towel rack. Most guests, however, are loathe to use them, reluctant to wrinkle the beauties and leave them hanging in the disarray that results &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/2-way-guest-towels\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,19,15,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5554"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22130,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5554\/revisions\/22130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}