This Thanksgiving, we were invited by some dear, sweet friends to join them for Dinner. And boy, oh, boy, was I excited. I didn’t have to cook a turkey? Whooooo-hooooo!
I had one braided loaf of bread that my Swiss Friend, Ester’d made this summer. {no, don’t yak… it was still super-amazing even after 4 months in the freezer}
But I was tired of takin’ stuff to other peeps houses in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Just like school in the summer…No Class…
Make a Vintage Bread Towel on Thanksgiving Morning, Gwen!
What a great idea!
You don’t have to cook, so pull out the sewing machine and ignore your family on what would have been an otherwise lovely, relaxing day.
Boy, I do miss sewing with lace. Bet you didn’t picture me as a lacy girl…with 2 boys at home. No, I didn’t make ‘em wear lace…well, just once.
It’s pretty easy to attach Entredeux lace…
How to attach Ruffles to Entredeux Lace
First, you’ll need some fabric for your ruffles. I used some leftover Handkerchief Linen. It makes gorgeous ruffles, yo.
Cut an 8” strip and fold it over to create a double ruffle. Leave about an inch so it looks like 2 strips.
Sew 2 loose basting rows. Yes, 2. I know there are three there. I messed up. Shocker.
Gently Gather.
Cut a piece of lace the width plus 1” of your towel.
Sitch as close to the Entredeux as you can possibly get. I mean like it’s a warm and fuzzy bear rug and you’ve got frostbitten toes kinda close…
Turn it over and iron lightly.
Trim pretty close to the seam.. Closer than I did in that picture down there.
Take her back to the machine and set the zig-zag stitch just wide enough so it hits the seam and then goes right over the edge. This will encase the seam with what is called a “Roll and Whip”
Yeah, Whip it…Whip it good..nuh, nuh, nuh, nuh… Crack that Whip….
Turn her over to the right side and iron her out nice and flat.
Finish the sides by turning under each end twice, 1/4″ each time.
Sew your ruffled strip and Flour Sack towel, right sides together.
Trim the seam…
And ‘roll and whip’ that sucka….
Turn her over and iron flat.
Then go to my friend Jill and see how funny she was her great instructions for freezer paper transfers…
Then, go get a great Vintage picture from The Graphic Fairy…umm…cuz she has fifteen hundred gazillion and they’re FREE…
After about 20 tries, you’ll get it right and then be soooo glad you kept tryin!
So there ya go… Remember ‘roll and whip’… Whip it good!
Then eat that bread…but forget to take a picture of it…yeah…that’s an awesome idea.
UPDATE: We’re now Gluten-Free and this was the last Swiss Bread I ever ate. So glad I documented it for posterity.