Tangled Thread

Tea Cozy

by Deb on April 6th, 2006

Do you love to sip tea while stitching? Do you prefer it to be piping toasty hot each time you pour a cup? You could use a tea cozy.

Kreinik has instructions for making a Crazy Quilt Tea Cozy with oodles of pretty embroidery stitches and embellishments.

The Crafter’s Attic has instructions for An Easy Tea Cozy. You could substitute a finished piece of cross stitch, crewel or other needlework for the plain cloth; or perhaps you are feeling ambitious and want to piece together your own crazy quilt.

Inspiration for crazy quilting: Dawn Smith has created a beautiful two-sided tea cozy with one side an Oriental theme and the other an Ocean theme.

I think a person could stitch some small yet lovely motifs, and use those little pieces as elements in a crazy quilt style tea cozy. A tea cozy would make a lovely gift as well, and your work would be proudly displayed every time a pot of tea were brewed.

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