tea party quilt

Tea Party part 6 from Wendy's Quilts and More

Wow! It's been two and a half years since I worked on this quilt! But I'm going on holiday soon and I need some hand stitching to take with me.

My quilt.

The full finished quilt designed by Wendy Williams

I have 4 tea cup blocks and 4 coffee cup blocks all prepped and just waiting for me to applique the flowers on.

So this week I've been cutting circle motifs out of fabrics and appliquing them to the wool felt in the evenings. I'm just building up a collection at the moment and will decide ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under block of the month , tea party quilt , wendy williams , wool felt applique

Tea Party part 5 from Wendy's Quilts and More

I made a lot of progress on my Tea Party quilt this week.

And I'm loving how it's looking. I was slightly worried when I put the first border on and the red crosses were a bit concentrated in the bottom half (see below). But I kept going and the next border has balanced out the colour placements. The next round of blocks will disperse the colours even further, so I'm confident that it's all going to be OK.

The next round is the 16 feature blocks - I've finished 8 of the blocks already, but ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years, 11 months ago. under block of the month , material obsession , tea party quilt , wendy williams , wool felt applique

Tea Party part 3 from Wendy's Quilts and More

I've been quietly working away on my Tea Party quilt in the background.

I've now finished all 8 of the plainer blocks that will alternate with the tea and coffee cups.

Next up is the centre block which I might start this week. Strangely enough, I'm worried that I might stuff it up! I really want this quilt to be beautiful - I guess that's why it's taken me years to start it. I think I'll just prepare some flowers and leave them on my "design floor" for a few days before I start stitching ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years ago. under applique , block of the month , material obsession , rose city quilters , tea party quilt , wendy williams

Coffee in a Kaffe cup from Wendy's Quilts and More

This week I've been working on my Tea Party quilt. How I wish I had coffee cups like this at my house!

and shiny tea cups like this too.

I think they work well with my tea pot.

I've still got to applique flowers on to all of these blocks, but I'm happy that I've finally decided on my cups and tea pot. Although I do like the softer colours used in the pattern, I like the darker cups and tea pot even more.

I've added the finishing touches to some of the other blocks ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 1 month ago. under block of the month , kaffe fassett , material obsession , tea party quilt

Tea Party quilt - part 2 from Wendy's Quilts and More

Shirley from Zipzog blog in the Netherlands got in touch after my post last week, and told me that she had made the Tea Party quilt with some friends. Here's Shirley's finished quilt. It's gorgeous!

by Shirley of Zipzop blog

You've inspired me to keep going Shirley!

I've finally chosen my fabric for the tea pot. I feel that the tea pot sets the tone for the rest of the quilt, so it needed to be right. I've chosen the flowery fabric at the bottom in the photo below.

There are 16 large blocks ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 2 months ago. under block of the month , material obsession , tea party quilt , wendy williams , wool felt applique

Tea Party quilt from Wendy's Quilts and More

If you've been following my blog for a while, you might remember this one. It's appeared on my annual To Do list a number of times, but somehow I've never got round to starting it.

This is a Wendy Williams Block of the Month from 2016. I didn't enroll in the programme, but I came across someone else who had, but then decided she would never make the quilt. So I purchased her unopened packs, and I have had them in my quilt stash for five years.

I initially thought that I might substitute out some ...

added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 3 years, 2 months ago. under block of the month , material obsession , tea party quilt , wendy williams , wool felt applique

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