Cup of Tea Anyone?!?

Its always difficult knowing what to send a complete stranger in a swap, but sometimes a bit of blog stalking can give you some hints. I had to laugh when I went to my English swap partner for the Pincushion swap's blog and found a post which started:

"My days here at Folly Bloom are fuelled by tea and lots of it.  It’s habit forming , it’s comforting, it’s warming and it’s classic UK behaviour and I love it."

As a tea drinker myself, it made me smile and gave me an idea for a theme for my swap package. You see a wee while ago the lovely Kristy of Quiet Play drew my attention to some fab, free paper pieced teacup and saucer patterns.

I couldn't think of anything more appropriate, so set to work making a couple of teacups. I then turned one into a pincushion and the other into a needlecase.

I must admit that after they were sent, I started worrying as to whether I should've chosen more subtle fabrics, but all in all I'm pretty pleased how well they turned out.

Throw in some teabags, chocolate and pretty pins and I reckon you've got a pretty cute wee swap package.

Teacup not included ;-)