Fabric, Tea & Trash?

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!! I received these wonderful fabrics as a gift from the talented Australian quilt designer, Lynette Anderson! Right now, I am hoarding and drooling on my stash of "Scandinavian Christmas" but soon I hope to come up with a pattern worthy of these beautiful fabrics.

I adore the entire line and I think it totally suits me... from the sweet little folk illustrations to the neutral colour range. My favourites are the teeny stitched hearts and the cross-stitched snowflakes and who can't resist the Winter Toadstools! I encourage you all to hop on over to Lynette's Blog :o)

Here are a few TEAish photos for you to enjoy... I am still enjoying this Teacup mug rug made by Sylvie that I received in a swap a while back, and these beautiful handmade lavender-filled acorns and strawberries and sweet teatime coaster made by the lovely Sonia of Cozy Memories.

Here are some of my favourite Tea-for-One sets in my collection! And I just love stamping these pretty scallop stickers from PaperPeddler!

I rescued this pretty little quilted block from my friend Janet's trash can! I thought it would make a sweet mug rug so I finished it with pink plaid binding, some embroidery and a cupcake tag. One quilter's trash is definitely another quilter's treasure!

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)

Refreshed...

I bought more fabric.

Even after I said I wouldn't.

As if a room full of fabric is not enough! But what can you do when you walk into a fabric store and you are bombarded with signs that say "BUY 1 metre, GET 3 FREE"!!! I walked out of Fabricland 2 hours later carrying more fabric than I knew what to do with! And if that wasn't bad enough I went directly across the street to purchase more at Fabricana! Well, one of the fabrics I came home with was this beautiful Joel Dewberry fabric in aqua & sage.

I noticed lately that my favourite 2 year old scrubby cloth was slowly unravelling and the hanging loop had fallen off months ago. I needed to save it! The new fabric was calling out to the dead scrubby saying, "I will turn you into a fabulous new Spa cloth!"

It turned out better than when I first bought it and it matches my bathroom colour scheme perfectly. I am in heaven with my new spa cloth and my favourite soap made by Bonnie King of Hello Crafty. I love the Refreshing Dead Sea salt spa bar like the one resting on the Joel Dewberry fabric and the BUTTON bar is amazing! Here are some more of her beautiful handmade soaps!

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)