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:

Donna said...

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

Purple Pam said...

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

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.

Rosalyn Manesse said...

Neat! Put the kettle on

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!

Karen said...

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

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!

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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