The Tea Cosy

I was inspired to write about tea cosies when I happened to see a hand embroidered cottage cozy on line. See it HERE. The embroidery (back & front) is simply fabulous!

In case you are interested in the history of this household item, it can be found HERE. I was getting a bit muddled with the two spellings of this word until I found that cosy is the British version and cozy is American English.

Here are a few more tea cosies, in case you would like to see more:

• I love this sheep as it reminds me of Shaun the Sheep, a crocheted toy I made for my granddaughter
• A Christmas Pudding (crochet) is perfect for your Christmas table
• Tipnut has lots of free patterns
• Stitched tea cosies on Pinterest HERE & HERE
• Free Insulated stitched tea cozy
• More Tea Cosies
• Quilted Tea Cozy
• Quilted Drawstring Tea Cozy
• Reversible Tea Cozy Set
• Teapot Cozy

Below is a Tea Cosy I designed a few years ago. It sold at one of the annual Craft Council of Newfoundland Labrador Christmas Craft Fairs.

Quilted Pottery

For the last few days, I have been posting about some beautiful pottery that was on exhibit (and for sale) during the Thanksgiving Weekend, at the Quidi Vidi Village Plantation, St. John's.

So, I thought, why not blog about quilted pottery. I've come across that topic before when researching other textile based art work!

Well, I found a bunch of 'stuff', among them a Quilted Mad Tea Party Set and it's free to download. Maybe someone out there will be inspired enough to give it a try. If not, check out these other tea pot related projects:

• Mary Beth Bellah has been making quilted tea pots for several years. Check them out.
• More quilted teapots HERE
• Teapot Ornament
• Tipnut Tea Cosies
• Paper Pieced Teapot Pattern
• Tea Cosy for a Proper English Tea
• Tea & Quilts - Part 1
• Tea & Quilts - Part 2
• Teapot Quilt Applique
• Teapot

Enjoy!

Quilted Mad Tea Party Set

Christmas Show & Tell

We have a great bunch of quilters in this neck of the woods! Everyone is so eager to share their work. Of course, at this time of year, the focus is on Christmas. Take a look!

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Now check these out:

Door Stop This can be made for any season with a change of fabrics and embroidery design.
Candy Table Runner
Tree Skirt
Christmas Block Tutorial
Santa Ornament - cute one
Christmas Ornaments Seasonal Sampler

Enjoy!