Primroses Tea Cozy
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 01:54PM I was recently sorting through some old flower sketches and cross stitch interpretations,. I'm looking through design files in preparation for creating those new designs I spoke of last entry. This tea cozy has always been a favorite of mine but I'd not thought of re-imagining it as part of a needlepoint design before now. When I stitched it originally I decided to use mainly complete cross stitches with only a very few 1/2 or 1/4 stitches so it seems as though it would translate well to canvas.
It's funny how you remember things. I remember carefully uprooting the whole primrose plant and temporarily bringing it inside to sketch....even where I was sitting. But can I find those original sketches? Not now....but I'll keep looking. It's always interesting to see how things translate, whether it's from sketch to cross stitch to needlepoint or from older works to a new style!
But now that I think about it I wonder if these pre-made tea cozies are still being produced. It was so easy to stitch the pattern then just whip the lining fabric over it and voila!
Well, I'm going to keep looking for that portfolio of drawings in hope of finding the peonies, but who knows what else I'll find. If anything else really interesting turns up I'll post some photos if there's interest.
Have a great week!
Reader Comments (3)
This is very pretty! I did laugh out loud when I read you dug up the plant and brought it inside....sounds like something I would do--much to the horror of my husband! LOL
Hi Terry,
Your tea cozy is beautiful and you have motivated me to work on one of my own.
The tea cozy you stitched on is one from Adams. (I think that is their name). I have a small one in my stash. Recall typing in Adams or Adams and cross stitch or something like that on the Net and reached their business. Used to see them in stores. I have a large and wide tea pot and the owner mentioned that she would happily custom make a tea cozy for me to stitch in the size I needed on any color and count linen or Aida and also would coordinate the color and or pattern of ruffles on the bottom. If I wanted to mail her the fabric I wanted to use for the ruffle, I could mail it to her and she would use it. The prices of the tea cozies were very reasonable.
Thanks again,
Marlene
Hi Terry,
I checked the Net and the company I talked about is called Adam Originals. E-mail Gillene and she can give you all the information on the tea cozies they make.
Marlene