Tea towel quilt

I’m sorry if I’ve been a bit lax with my blogging this week. It can be difficult to write interesting blog posts when you’re engaged in a big project, as it involves doing the sam…

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There are many creative, simple ways to take the vintage inspired tea towel and turn it into an attractive conversation piece or with little or no design talent.

We had a lovely Christmas Day, with perfect weather, yummy food and family with us. We also spent time with good friends, so a rather busy day. My friend Lou and I do a little Christmas gift swap each year. She really spoiled us this time. A beautiful cross stitch, zippy pouch, hand cream, NZ choccies, some fun coffee fat quarters, an advent calendar for next year, a tulip pin cushion with suction cap to pop on your sewing machine and two little pins. So much loveliness. The little pins may…

so after I shared a photo with Kylie of a tea towel quilt the motivation arrived and I decided to make one of my own. so here it is.. my latest handmade piece. the great thing with this quilt is that you don't have to hack into those precious t towels. they are basically left complete and stitched together. I backed this one with a thrifted woollen blanket (in the same colour-way as my vest) and made the binding from a coral-striped sheet. i quilted it by stitching down either side of the…

Vintage embroidery quilt -- that's a thought, but i don't know if I want to cut up mom's work.

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Spring is the perfect time to brighten our homes. Here we're sharing how to sew upcycled vintage tea towels into tie top cafe curtains.