Feeling ruff today, not me, the tea pot! This little teapot is perfect for a pot of tea for one, you get two good cups out of it. I made the ruff a little bigger and it looks so flouncy and pretty like a Southern Belle or an Elizabethan ruff. The ruff is optional, though, and I did use contrasting lining and outer materials for the cosy so you’d still get the gather around the lid. I just like the big ruff.
I will be writing up the template sometime this week and will make it available next weekend but I can tell you it is easy to do. The second one took me about an hour after all the cutting out and measuring and so on. The sewing takes very little time. The fabric was used in the sprocket cushion posted a wee while ago and there’s still a fair bit left from what was a metre bought then. The wadding was cut from an old fleece dressing gown. The ribbon to tie around the lid is from the East of India range but any Grosgrain ribbon would do. The bottom has a length of sewing elastic threaded through and stitched together. Am sure that you’d probably have enough sitting in your sewing supplies to be able to make one.
It made me think what a brilliant present it would make for a tea drinker. A new teapot in a cosy cover with a packet of their favourite tea. If for Christmas, use Christmas fabric. Imagine how lovely that would look especially if you could find a nice box to fit it all in.
Now to measure up and make a cosy for the cafetiere. This should be even easier. Hopefully not famous last words…
Hel
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Ah, you have me doing that ooh and aaah thing again! This is also just plain precious! I expect to be drinking a fair amount of tea come next week when I will have a sore throat after having surgery on Thursday to have a parathyroid tumor removed. (The 4 parathyroids are behind the thyroid gland in the neck.) I think a hot drink soothes the tissues and increases the blood flow to a wound, and makes it heal faster. I’ll look forward to your cozy template! Maybe I can stitch one up before I leave for the hospital.
Oh Barbara, I’m sure you’ll be in good hands and you will recover quickly. I do hope so. I don’t know how you swing with these things but there’s a book called ‘Heal Yourself’ by Louise Hay that I read and read again. It’s about the metaphysics of dis-ease and returning them to the nothing they came from. Wishing you successful surgery, quick healing and a new lease of life.
Hel x x x
I am one week post-op and so greatly improved it seems impossible! That tumor was doing awful things to my bones which made them hurt so much, but it ended the instant the tumor was out. It is a very dramatic thing that all of us experience with this surgery. Now my poor holey bones can have their calcium back again instead of leaching it out, and I am feeding it to them in huge quantities. My little piece of tape over the incision came off today, and there are no stitches to remove as my surgeon uses plastic surgery techniques. Except for some swelling and bruising (very little) it is hardly noticeable already. What was once a 5 to 6 hour surgery requiring an 8-10 inch incision not too long ago, this wonderful surgeon reduced to a 1 inch incision, and it took 17 minutes for him to remove the tumor and test the other three glands to make certain they are OK. Amazing, no?
Oh, Barbara,
I had no idea you had such serious issues going on. What a dark cloud for you and your family to be under. And when you feel poorly everything else seems such an uphill battle, too.
Am hoping your bones are OK – or will be. There was a time when it was considered that if you lost bone density it was gone forever but current research suggests that there are many things that can be done to restore your bones to good health. I find this site very helpful: http://saveourbones.com though you have probably done lots of research and found other good sources of information.
I take vitamin D3 drops every day to work with my calcium intake (can make sufficient D3 if you get enough sunshine – we don’t get Florida sunshine here!) and also have a daily teaspoon of L-Glutamin. LG is great for all sorts of things but I don’t want to sound like an evangelist – there’s always someone who swears by some miracle drug/vitamin/health supplement that will cure everything.
Am glad to hear the op was so quick and hasn’t left you with tremendous post-op care or pain and it sounds like your surgeon has been thorough so when you get the all-clear you can breathe a sigh of relief and get back to enjoying life. Seems like you were/are in good hands and your attitude sounds great, girl! You sound like you want to grab life with both hands! I am delighted that the tumour has been removed, the tough times are over and you can get back to doting on your grandchildren and enjoying yourself again.
Wishing you a speedy recovery and good health.
Helen x x x