Monday, February 21, 2011

Vintage Tea towel cushions

I love love love these!

the backs are just as unreal as the fronts.
This calendar Australia map one is my favourite.  I've had this tea towel for a while and finally figured out what to do with them.  The year was 1977 on this tea towel.
Here is the back of my favourite.  I put a zip through the backs under a secret flap.  The zips are just as awesome, the one in this cushion is bright green.

This is a patchwork number using scraps of favourite bits.

this one is a mega map cushion.  It was a small square tablecloth with native animals in each corner.  The kids like learning landmarks when they lounge on them!
I've got my hands on a few more vintage tea towels to add to the collection and also some brand new souvenir tea towels which are equally as daggy as the older numbers.  I am on the lookout for a groovy split cane lounge/daybed for these cushions to sit on for a non tv watching part of the house, a good spot to read I am hoping!

3 comments:

Loo xx from Jumbles and Pompoms said...

Wow, those teatowel cushions are utterly fabulous. I'm always on the lookout for teatowels in charity shops but haven't seen some for an age - well apart from some recently for £2 each which weren't particularly nice.

Anyway, you mentioned in your comment on my post about a fat quarter swap. Yes, I've got loads of that pink material left and yes, I'd love to do a swap. Will you email me when you've got a minute and we can sort it! xx

granma said...

Love these cushions they would look good on my cane lounge !!!

The Teatowel Lady said...

Love these cushions. Great memories of these teatowels from the 60's & 70's