In April, 2003, our local quilt guild had its annual show, and the judge for that show came here from the Phoenix area. In the course of discussion, she mentioned that she designs patterns and that one might appeal to me, since it was in blues and was teapots — she’d discovered that I love tea. She was right, too! The blocks are all blue work and, while I don’t normally do hand embroidery, even I can handle stem stitch. 😉 The patterns were originally available as a block of the month designed by Valerie Boman and and Debbie Foley (Cotton Pickin’ Designs). I had some fabric on hand for the borders; I’d bought it some time ago with no idea what I was going to use it for. But it was just about perfect for this project, since it has teapots, cups and saucers, jugs and little flowers all over it. The quilt is hand embroidered, machine pieced and hand quilted. It measures approximately 40″ x 45″, and I finished it in March, 2005.
