Tea & Leaf Tuesday ....

...and what shall I have in my teapot today?....


...Chinese Breakfast?...


...Ginger Sun?...


...Bushmen's Brew?...


All arrived in a delightful little packet from Penny.....

...who likes to join me for an "Across the Pond" tea party on Tuesdays.

We decided to have a "tea-swap". Penny's packet got to me in just over a week....

...and contained not only some lovely tea-bags, but also some choccies and one of Penny's gorgeous little punched pockets :-)))



My packet, sent on exactly the same day took over three weeks!

..and, in fact we'd given up on it so packet #2 is on it's way as I type.


Ne'er mind.....

...I am going to enjoy "White Nectar - Osmanthus Spring"...

...in my "Tea For One" teapot and cup!



..and on the leaf?....


More useful things!



Pincushion rings piling up ready for Fashion & Embroidery at the end of the month.

(Some are available in the shop already...you'll find them under "Handmade" :-)

..no more guessing!

It's finished...

...my little "useful" thing...




A little "amulet"...

...that doubles (or quadruples) as a thread organiser, scissor keeper and pin cushion!

...complete with two little bells that jingle....


There. You can relax now :-)

...further on...

Lots of beading done now....







Are you any closer to guessing what it is I wonder? :-)))

...more jewellery bits...

Just a couple of piccies....




..to show two finished brooches.

Painted Vilene and Bondaweb with a little bit of hammered copper wire...

Tea & Leaf Tuesday ....

Whew!

..almost didn't make this one....

...gotta be gone in 10 minutes....


But, here I am with my usual Tuesday indulgences :-)

Tea today is Chinese Jasmine...

...a Christmas pressie from my Bloke....

...and IN another Christmas pressie, a delightful little Chinese tea cup.



My leaf today...

...has the beginnings of something very useful on it!




Any guesses?

:-)))))




(Ooooooo...aren't I cruel!?)

..stitched but not stuffed...a natural progression...

After doing quite a bit more stitching on "la Bocherais"...

...it occurred to me to take the idea further....

...and do a stitched picture.



This one is actually the second attempt. The first piece of fabric was backed with teabag paper to give it more substance, but it wasn't enough.

It was quite difficult to get the design onto the fabric with all the dragging underneath the pencil....

...and with so much stitching, the cloth puckered too much for my liking.

So...

...after some thought, I came up with the idea of using some of my transfer paper.

It worked really well, giving a firm surface on which to draw and a good handle for manipulating on the machine. Magic!


This one is taken from one of my holiday snaps in Gordes. A beautiful little town perched high up.....with lots of nooks and crannies to keep any snapper happy!

Luckily, I've got literally 1000s of lovely photos to inspire future stitching... :-)))

"la Bocherais"

......a bit bigger than the other two, because of more detail on the front...




It took quite some time to do all that stitching!