Showing posts with label Hat Trick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hat Trick. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2013

Hat Trick and a Sweet Tea Cozy!

Bee was on Saturday at Suzanne’s house!  I did finish up my Hat Trick there by sewing down the binding. 

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I’m not adding  label because I want to be able to use both sides of it on my table.

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I love this Moda collection by Kate Spain called Honey Honey.  I like all her collections… they are always in my colors!!

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My dear friend Linda, who lives in Haymarket, about 5 minutes away from the new house we’re building,

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took the time to go by the lot and took photos of the building progress and emailed them to me so we could watch the progression from Italy!

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So, I wanted to make her something as a little thank you!

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She is a tea drinker and so I made her a bee skep tea cozy!

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Super fun and easy as pie!  I cut strips of various widths from 7 different yellow fat quarters.

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Cut the batting bigger than you want the finished size to be.  Add the strips one at a time with the stich and flip method.

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Repeat this process for 2 sides.  I added 2 more layers of batting to make it more insulating! 

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I fused a door shaped black scrap on each side and blanket stitched the edges.

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Trimmed it to 1/2” larger than finished desired size.  Cut lining this same size.

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Stitch around the shape on outside the do the same with the lining but leave a space open at the top for turning.

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Then, with right sides together, align the bottom edges and stitch all around. 

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Turn it right sides out and push the lining into the shell and top stitch around the bottom. I added some little bee buttons and a flower on the top made with a yoyo and a button.

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Done! Time for tea! With honey!!  Smile

(Oh, and Yogi wants a cookie!)

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