While not ugly, I thought it was rather inelegant, and I like the second kind much better.
So I found some fabric scraps I liked and started designing. Here is my beautiful tea pot with my chosen fabric. A small crow about my pot: I was given it for christmas by my wonderful sister Sarah and have loved it ever since. It holds about four mugs of tea (around six cups) but I usually fill to three mugs.
After some trial and error, I was able to cut out and baste together a draft.
I cut out two layers of batting and quilted it on all the pieces.
When I sewed it together, it didn't fit perfectly, but well enough to work.
I discovered at this point that I needed to put panel underneath the handle to keep in warmth. I had quite an adventure with button holes. My sewing machine has a button hole setting but it took a good half hour before I figured out how to use it and even longer to get a decent button hole. I did find a really cute button that looks like a propellor (at least to me) but I only had one, so the buttons are mismatched.
Isn't it cute!!! Pretty good for a few hours work. And it looks good with the antique china, a sure sign of success.
Bravo! This is what all your fans wanted!!... :-)
ReplyDeleteYou might try shrinking the size of the photos before you post them, however. They are so big that they take a long time to load on even a decent connection-- they will be unusable on a slow DSL. This won't affect how they look in any way- just make them load faster. Ask Sarah or me if you need more info.
Love, Da