April 6th – 12th ~ Share ideas and pictures that involve stitching for the tea table. Any kind of stitches count: sewing, embroidery, knitting, crochet, tatting, quilting, etc. The work can be yours or of someone else, but should be homemade rather than done by factory machines. Ideas are
napkins, tea cozies, table linens, and other creations made with tea themes.
I have always called these dish towels tea towels so I’m including them in my stitch post. The Tea Cozy in the center was a gift that a friend in England knit for me after I was so excited seeing my very first tea cozy at her house in 1973. The doilie to the right of the tea cozy is great for setting a teapot on. I have a lot of tablecloths and napkins that I use for pretty tea tables that do not have a tea theme in particular. Most of these items are in my home in Washington and I don’t have access to them for this post. I’m looking forward to my visits to your sites to see what stichery you have…
I forgot about these fancy teaspoons we inherited from my MIL and decided to add them to this post
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Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage and they have blacked them all out. I’m slowly working at restoring my posts without their help. Such a tiresome bother!
The embroidery on your tea linens are lovely and exude a feeling of home.
I enjoyed seeing the lovely enamelled spoons since I also have a spoon collection.
Thanks for sharing.
LOVE the stitchery and the spoons are magnificnet!
Kathy@ Mimi’s Garden
I love those spoons. Used to have some souvenir spoons, but much prefer yours! Your tea towels are darling. I remember my mom having some…but…well you know the rest of that story!
Those teaspoons are beautiful!
Very pretty!
We call them tea towels too. I wonder if it’s British?
Lovely linens and cozy! But oh, to stir my tea with one of your elegant spoons! I am sure they must make you tea taste better due to their beauty!
Such pretty tea towels! It is so nice that you have a specific memory of seeing your first tea cozy.
You have such a beautiful collection. Clarice
I love your “tea towels”! That’s what I call them, too. And what beautiful spoons! I’ve never seen any like that before. Isn’t blogging fun? You get to see so many interesting things!
I love your beautiful stitched tea towels and the warm and fluffy tea cozy! And. . .I am drooling over your beautiful teaspoons. Is that polite? Oh dear. . .it’s not, but I do love them!!!!!
Thanks for sharing! It’s raining up here, btw.
🙂 LaTeaDah
Love your items. Especially the tea spoons they are so unique.
I enjoyed seeing the tea towel patterns. There are so many and these are some I’ve not seen before. The spoons are lovely! I have one…it’s terribly lonely. :>
What beautiful stitchery and the spoons are gorgeous!! I’ve never seen tea spoons that were so elegant! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Revee
What a great collection of embroidered tea towels. And those spoons are absolutely precious! I’m trying to imagine the time and level of craftsmanship that went in to creating each of them. What treasures!
I love the owls and bluebirds, as well as the doilie. Your spoons are GORGEOUS!! Thanks for stopping by my blog and for sharing your stitches.
Alisa
i was scrolling down to read your entry and when the pictures started coming up I just gasped How truly beautiful ellen!!
You have some beautiful stitched tea items! Those spoons are wonderful!
I have posted more tonight!
Katherine
Oh, I am coveting that wonderful tea cosie!
And I didn’t know teaspoons could be such works of art!
Thanks for sharing.
Your tea towels are beautiful and so are your spoons 🙂
Oh, what treasures you have. I love using the dish towels for tea towels–much more fun! And I love your enameled spoons. How wonderful that they have a family history! Thanks for sharing both.
These are all some really beautiful things you have shown us. The enameled spoons are GREAT! My friend used the little tiny “souvenir ” spoons (old ones) from all over the world in her “Tea Shop” she owned to serve with tiny desserts….it was always fun to see “what country” that you would recieve when she brought you that course.
I loved your linens as well…..very nice “tea” towels. Great memories.
Thanks for sharing them.
Joyce