The sweet delights!
Kaity and Elizabeth
Amanda
Wendy and Stephanie
Wendy
Joyce
Heather
Lucy
Terri
Terri won the Best Dressed door prize for being the Queen! Can you believe it the Queen came to tea with us! Woo Hoo! LOL
Madie
Me
Christina
Joyce
Me & Joyce
Elizabeth
Fun Photo!
Today I finished a little handbag! I call it Sweet Spring Simplicity! I added it to my Etsy Shop for sale, I love it so much that it was hard to list for sale! LOL I guess that's just how it is when you love what you do right?
The bag is around 5 3/4 inches square, just the right size to hold a small wallet, cell phone, lipstick and maybe a few other necessities.
I used the same print fabric for the back that is in the center of the front crazy quilt block.
Pretty cream lining, lace handles, and a satin ribbon tie closure.
I added a floral seam treatment with stem stitch stems and lazy daisy leaves with silk ribbon in the center in straight and ribbon stitches. I used heart beads to form the flowers. I also added little metal bugs around the block
In this corner I uses some lace on a seam with pearls and a little lace butterfly with pistil stitch antennae, a seed pearl body, and running stitch flight path.
I hand sewed on some wedding lace that I had reclaimed, I just love it!
The day before the party was Baking Day where we baked and baked! I'm doing very small sugar cookies in this photo.
Madie snoozing on the Sofa while we work, work, work!
Here is the table in process of being decorated and filled.
Me, Christina, and Joyce selected tea cups for everyone, it was a fun like a guessing game to think of each lady and their personality and what cup they might love!
Each setting had a Place Card with a butterfly attached. I put a lot of thought, deliberation and prayer into where everyone would sit to have the most fun. We also selected butterflies for each lady trying to best guess which they would love the most too.
Here is my Hubby dressed up in his Tux costume helping get scones out on the table.
My friend of 15 years, Christina, also came for a visit and wanted to learn crazy quilting, embroidery, and tatting (a lot to squeeze into one visit)! Here I am teaching her! We had a blast!
Here is Joyce working on her blocks and Madie keeping her company. Madie likes to be in the middle of all the action and would sit in the unoccupied chairs with us.
Here is Madie again on a chair in the middle of the action! LOL
Here is Joyce and Christina busy working on their projects! There was lots of laughing and general giddiness! LOL Here is a video for proof of complete craziness! LOL Oh what fun it is to laugh and be silly while spending hours doing CQ together!
Joyce also made 2 large hearts to take home with her and work on! They are "his and hers" hearts.
Christina made a large 16 inch block that will become a pillow after embellishment.
She also made this green 8 inch block that will become a purse! Christina had to leave before completing the embellishments but I'm confident she will finish them on her own!
Here is Christina's first tatting!!! I'm SO SO SO proud!!! She picked up tatting pretty fast I'd say and I feel that she has learned enough that she will be able to continue learning on her own!
Christina also started a blog, Flamboyant Love! So if you are interested in getting to know her better or to see her future happenings hop on over say hello and subscribe to her blog!
