Back in the day before front-loading,
high efficiency washers…
linen maids and laundresses for the royals,
along with the common folk,
would go down to the river together for washdays.
Linens of fine fabrics were displayed
for all to see while drying.
To prevent any mix-ups of yours or mine…
families began marking them with stitching to
represent their household...
monogramming
MHM
it all comes out in the wash
it's just embroidery, have fun with it!
13 comments:
Oh Cathy, I love that little tethered bee! (and if you don't send your address, you'll never get your bread bag...)
I like the bee too!
Bee!! We all love the bee!! And, thank you for the interesting tidbit about the start of the monogram! blessings and hugs ~ tanna
I love this, Cathy! A very logical history to the monogram. Who knew they'd continue to be so popular today.
Any family would be proud to have one of your monograms on their linen - gorgeous.
Oh WOW....you always blow me away with your work. This is just beautiful!
LuLu~*xoxo
Beautiful and I love the bee!
That's pretty, looks like "queen bee" to me. I don't know what symbol I would use with mine. Might have to ponder that one.
Dessert looks good too :)
Buzz, buzz - love the bee!
xxoo
I bet they shared lots of good gossip on wash days :)
It's funny how something that started out as a practicality has turned into such a lovely luxury!
I do enjoy the wash so much more when I'm laundering the pretty monograms!
xoxo Elizabeth
You are amazing!
I think this is my favorite so far....but I have so many! Can you tell me which digitizing software and which machine you use? keep up the awesome, creative work!
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