The “Pollinator Garden” design was taken straight from a simple line drawing I did of my east facing pollinator garden. I was so joyful last spring when the butterflies and bees found there way to my new garden!

Process:

As with all my work, each design is taken from my sketchbook drawings which I then rework, and create a screen for printing. I then pull each and every print by hand in small batches in my home studio in the Village of Mariemont, Ohio. Each print is then hung on a clothesline to dry, and finally heat set for ink permanence.

The Product:

I print “Pollinator Garden” using non toxic water based professional grade screen printing ink onto a high quality Turkish organic cotton tea towel in your choice of my hand mixed colors: grass green, mustard yellow, or slate blue.

The tea towel measures a generous 27” x 27” and includes a handy corner loop for hanging. I have sourced these high quality “flour sack style” from a Turkish family who sources their organic cotton in Turkey, sews them there in their family owned and operated shop and are shipped to their relative here in the states. They are a lovely group of people and I am incredibly pleased with their attention to detail and craftsmanship.

Flour sack is an eco-friendly, lint-free, cotton fabric. Not just for show! Our towels only get softer and more absorbent with regular use and washing.

Care: Wash on warm, non-chlorine bleach as needed. Tumble dry warm. Warm iron as needed, although our towels come out of the dryer only slightly wrinkled as opposed to some others you may have tried. Personally, I never iron them and they look absolutely lovely in my kitchen.

I’m sure you will be pleased with our towels!

Elizabeth Ross