Monday, 24 August 2009

Tea for two


So I found my quilting rhythm again to put together this tea cozy and placemat set for a charity fundraiser at my DH's office in a few weeks. The only prerequisite was the blue in the letters. I had some fun with this, and even cut into recently-purchased yardage for this project. (My long-term followers will know that I brag about not sacrificing yardage for projects.) I used a variety of dot fabrics in these -- the blue and white is Apple Pie by American Jane and the background for the letters is called Santa& Company by Cheri L. Strole for Moda. It has line drawings of snowflakes and flowers in blue, red, and lime green, so it doesn't look like a Christmas print to me. To balance off the new fabrics in the placemats, I did throw in some tiny swiss dots in red and blue from Concord Fabrics that probably qualify as vintage. My placemats are a smallish 10.5 by 15, but big enough I figure for a cup of tea and a small plate. I have a few more requests for tea cozies, but the rest are coming from the scrap or selvage bin. For the record, I didn't pay more than $5 /metre for any of these. So yes, I'm cheap---er, thrifty, and of course, always scrappy. What could be better?
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8 comments:

1 Donna said...

great fabric choices -- they form a great choir all singing so nicely together :-)

2 Purple Pam said...

Glad you got your rhythm back. Cute tea cozy set.

3 Joyce said...

Very nice. I love the dot fabric. I have some of the green one but haven't cut into it yet.
You are right. There is nothing better than scrappy.

4 Rosalyn Manesse said...

Neat! Put the kettle on

5 Clare said...

I love them. Flicking through 1,000's of unread blog posts they stood out so I came over to say how great they are. Hope they raise a lot of money!

6 Karen said...

Very nice and yes, put the tea on! :)

7 Sharon said...

I love these! A great way to use the letters - I hope they make tons of money. (I was going to put $$, but I suppose that doesn't really apply in Canada. Or does it?) I love the fabrics you used in these too - very fun. And of course, scrappy is best!

8 Vals Quilting said...

this is such a good idea - Tea for Two - my MIL made a Tea for Three water colour painting for my mum - I know it's totally different then a quilt but the thought was the same - very endearing.
Valerie
http://www.pastimesonline.ca/vals-quilting/

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