Day one ..of ..January...

Watering can pincushion...

A small craft project done during the holidays;

What you think of this watering can make-over? I got the tin can for 0.99 cents from the thrift store.
I filled it almost to the top with rice first, so it will be sturdy and, then added polyfil stuffed body.

It is sitting next to the wheelbarrow, I made few months ago.  May be I will find other garden tools to make a whole collection :)


Thank you for stopping over ...hope you are having a wonderful day,

everything stops for a sweet cup of tea !!

till next time,

xox
Gaia

vintage inspired ...

tea cosy...
This flowered material was a blouse, (i could not take a picture before i cut it) that I found at a thrift store over a decade ago. Even though it was a  little too big for me, I still bought it because I loved colours and the flowers.

While sorting out the chest of drawers recently,I came upon the blouse, and since I am not wearing it, I of thought of using the material in craft projects. The first idea came to my mind was to make a tea cosy, so I went with that....

I hand stitched everything; and am quite happy with the final result.

Lets all have tea !!!

Thank you taking your time to stop by,

xxx

Gaia

Tea Cozy -2

Once again these are created using material from my bag of remnants to be given away as gifts.

      

Thank you for stopping by,

Until next time,

xxx,

Gaia

Tea cozy !!

for the perfect cup of tea...

I drink tea many times a day [more when I am at home] yet, I don't have a single cozy to keep my tea pot warm.   So, after all these years I took the time to make one special tea cosy. By the time I was done there were three of them;

Here they are;
This is to all the ladies who work so hard in the tea plantations to pick the finest leaves for the perfect cup.

I used a piece of tea dyed cloth and did a bit back stitching and applique for a the sketch I did. I also had to find and match pieces from the bag of remnants.


This one is for all the hard labour that is put in to sorting and packing.

I unpicked and used this bag that came as a part of the packing  Also included few used tea bags in the pattern. What about washing it? These bags will get ripped :( ok, I will hand wash carefully.

Lastly, over a cup of tea! This one, I  will give to a friend.

The stitching did not turn out as neatly as I wanted.

Thank you for stopping by for a cup of tea, and I hope you enjoyed !!

Until next time,

xxx,
Gaia