Remember my 2018 Tea Party Block of the Month? I shared all the blocks I had made several years ago (and some new ones) and used for a workshop in Atlanta. These were free each month and are now available in my
Etsy store. I especially had fun making several more tea cups!
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Stacked Tea Cups |
Do you remember this pic of the scattered blocks?
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Various blocks in various sizes |
As I was putting this quilt together with VERY simple sashing, I could NOT find the last block: the December crock. Actually, I had made two of them. Maybe that was because I had moved Thanksgiving weekend and they were hiding in a box somewhere! I since found them and promptly lost them again. Sigh.
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December Crock Block #1 |
And the second one (I think they are scheming somewhere deep in a closet):
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December Crock Block #2 |
I went ahead and put the quilt together - minus the two Crock blocks. As you can see, I had an abundance of those tea cups! I quilted it last week on my HandiQuilter Sweet 16.
I can now see that the scale on those tea cups next to the coffee pot (on top row) is a bit off! But, it's done and that's that, right?
Here are a few blocks up close (as they sat under the HQ needle):
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Tea Cup and Basket blocks side by side |
And one of the several tea cups:
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One more tea cup |
Yes, you can see that I used all Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I have a lot of these and some of them are "vintage." I love the combination of the solids with the prints.
One more block I would love to figure out what to do with is a Cedar Waxwing perched atop one of the tea cups. This bird is one of 5 in my Laurel Wreath quilt patterns (with 20 flower blocks). I'm going to feature this vintage set in the next few weeks.
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Cedar Waxwing perched on my Tea Cup |
You can still find the 25 page pdf of these
Tea Party Blocks at my Etsy store. If you've made your blocks into a quilt, let me know! I'd love to see it.
Looking forward to the Vintage set. I have all the patterns for the teacup quilt and of course, I have not done it yet. Maybe now that my volunteer hours are cut back a little I will find the time.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt Debby and I really love the quilting. The crock blocks are going to be sorry they didn't play nice and get included in this one.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing your vintage set.
I don't know of any vintage tea cups that size proportion, but I do have a modern really big tea cup. It is about the size of my smallest teapot. I like the way your quilt turned out without the crocks.
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