I Need a Cup of Tea

Hello my friends.
I am having trouble getting to my To Do list. Many of you seem to be very busy.
Rachel Anne , my company girl, at Home Sanctuary http://homesanctuary.typepad.com/rachelanne/ is busy helping us make our homes into a sanctuary. She has a video on how to clean a loo (toilet). You probably can't resist seeing what that is all about! What does that have to do with making your home a sanctuary you ask? Go over and visit her and find out.
My friend Angela at Cottage Magpie http://cottagemagpie.com/ is busy giving wonderful decorating advice. She is so full of great ideas! Email her and I'm sure she can help you with that decorating dilemna.
Another friend Rhoda at Southern Hospitality http://southernhospitality-rhoda.blogspot.com/ is busy organizing and sorting.
What am I doing? Nothing! Can't get myself going today. Whenever I have trouble getting going on a project or get a creative block when designing quilts, I always find it's best to stop, make a cup of tea, think about it for awhile and then go back and tackle the project. Having tea calms me, helps me think or get perspective or just comforts me. So I made a pot of tea using this cute teaset I got at a thrift shop when we lived in PA. It's designed by the British designer Nina Campbell. Notice the cute tea cosy made to match. I love the cloth embroidered in blue with a picture of a creamer and a sugar bowl. I got it at a garage sale. Okay I have let the tea steep and am ready to let the heat of it warm and comfort me. Isn't the teapot sweet? It is just enough tea for one. That's very rude of me isn't it? I'll go and make some more for you too and get another cup.
While we visit, let me show you something I made. One of my blog visitors saw this at the corner of one of the photos I showed on an earlier post and asked if I could show the whole thing. So here it is.

This is the first quilt I designed myself. I was inspired by a design by Maggie Walker which I made previously. I call this Blue Plate Special. As you know by now if you've visited me very often that I love blue and white. It is about 60" x 60". What I did was draw objects around our home and incorporate them into the quilt. I drew some pink flowers to give some contrast to the blue and white and I put a vine running all through it. We have a magnolia tree espaliered (pruned so that it lies flat )on our side wall, so the vine represents that. It is all hand appliqued and hand quilted. Here is a close up of one section.
This is the ginger jar, bowl and rooster that I used for my inspiration.
Well after that little break and a cup of tea I guess I'll do some more priming on the kitchen cabinets. Hope you are having a wonderful day.

Rhondi