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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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 Posted - Feb 08 2018 : 4:18:01 PM
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Here's a clever idea: Gift a 5-lb sack of starter flour, all wrapped up in a flour-sack towel with a design of your choosing on it, either in ink or embroidered, along with a copy of Wild Bread. The four corners tied with twine mimic how flour was once sold.
If you'd like to use our Barron Flour Mill flour-sack girl logo, you can find a version (reversed of course) here:
http://www.MaryJanesFarm.org/images/flour-sack-girl-transfer.pdf
And here is where you'll find our instructions for transferring a design onto a flour-sack towel:
http://www.MaryJanesFarm.org/images/flour-sack-towel-instructions.pdf
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MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~  |
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Sylvia Jacobus
62 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 09:40:45 AM
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| The two links aren't working. Would love to use them. |
Bread is like the sun. It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist. Unknown author |
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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 10:19:40 AM
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| And in fact they aren't but were when Carol first placed them. I will give her a call to see if she can get them working from home today. If not, it might have to wait until Monday. Sweet project though, and worth the wait. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~ |
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YellowRose
75 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 11:06:12 AM
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Fun idea MaryJane.
I bought a half apron and want to embroider Wild Bread on it and was going to do just letters. Do you think you and Carol could come up with something a little more than just letters. I'm into simple farmhouse so don't make it too fancy. |
Lord put your arms around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 12:18:41 PM
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| How about Wild Bread in the font on the front of my book and the drawing of bread and wheat on page 198? If you like that idea, we can work on that this coming week and, ahem, post a link to it that works:) |
MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~ |
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YellowRose
75 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 12:53:34 PM
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| I like the font on the cover very much. I don't have my book yet - won't ship for a couple of weeks so I will defer to you on the design. I do like the bread/wheat idea if it's simple for my embroidery skill. |
Lord put your arms around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 1:21:49 PM
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| Will do, Sara. |
MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~ |
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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 03 2018 : 1:26:12 PM
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| Sylvia, Carol said the links worked for her. If they don't work for you, unfortunately, we'll need to have you tell us what happens when you attempt to open them. As it turns out, they didn't work for me because my computer was set up to send them directly to my "downloads folder" and there they sat unbeknownst to me. There are an unbelievable amount of variables in the computer world anymore, so if you can give us a little bit more information, that would be most helpful! |
MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~ |
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Sylvia Jacobus
62 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2018 : 11:49:31 AM
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When I double-click on the links,the computer immediately sends me back to this page. But you're right MaryJane, the two files are in my Download folder. So happy to have them.
I do really like the idea of the book font on the front of the book.
I have used the Citra Solv method and it does work really well on cotton. Thanks. |
Bread is like the sun. It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist. Unknown author |
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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2018 : 1:23:47 PM
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| Glad you found them. Who knew!? |
MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~ |
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Nelle
21 Posts
Janelle
Millersburg
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2018 : 09:17:55 AM
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Very cute idea! My auntie (a farm girl in Washington) does embroidery on flour sack towels and does a coordinated binding around the edge. I am blessed to have one for every day of the week, each with a different chicken scene!  |
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PaneCreatore
61 Posts
Janet
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2018 : 11:01:05 AM
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| Lovely Nelle, in true farm life fashion. Just that extra touch that brings warmth to the home. |
"Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts." -James Beard |
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MaryJane
169 Posts
MaryJane
MOSCOW
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2018 : 09:14:30 AM
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| I like to think a hand-embroidered flour-sack towel makes a kitchen. It's the final touch to admire at the end of every day, that and fresh bread on the counter. Oh, and the day's milk in the fridge. And butter, cheese, fresh-daily eggs ... |
MaryJane Butters, author of Wild Bread ~ for we were all one family then ~ |
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Sylvia Jacobus
62 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2018 : 09:46:55 AM
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| Love the embroidered flour sack. Time to get the needle and thread out. Super idea. |
Bread is like the sun. It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist. Unknown author |
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Flour-sack Towel Gift Idea
