Welcome to our Tea Party! This lovely Tea Cosy design was created during the summer, a time when there are so many beautiful flowers blooming here in Victoria. I wanted to include a bit of needle fantasy for fun and the result is a vine with ‘counted’ crewel work. I included a lot of Cross Stitch too, so those of you who are feeling a bit crewel challenged will feel more comfortable with the counted areas! The design shows two stitchers sharing a cup of special tea in the garden beside a white house. The birds are singing, and the vine curls around the scene in true floral abundance, giving you that loving feeling. The vine and floral motifs will challenge you to work a small bit of free form embroidery, but these can also be placed more carefully for those of you who want to count out the placement of each flower, so don’t worry, you’ll do just fine! :) We have used an elegant frame to show this piece on the front cover, but we’ve also created a gorgeous lined Tea Cosy model for you as well as the bonus design in this piece, a cup and saucer Teacup Pincushion! We found our own gold and cream striped lining fabric in our local fabric shop, but you can find some to suit your taste. This design will fit into any decor, and you can even enlarge it for a larger teapot, by adding some fabric around the outside of the design. Just follow the simple directions at the back of this leaflet to finish your stitching and make your own beautiful tea cosy. I hope you enjoy stitching and the sharing Tea with your favorite people! :) - Thea 

Tea Cosy measurements:

Design Area: 132w x 111h (9.4" w x 7.9" h) Tea Cosy Model: 28ct Vintage Cashel Linen “Country Mocha” (Cut 16"w x 14"h for framing or finishing)

#109P - Tea Cosy 
Accessory Pack available:

Packaged in Bundles for easier sorting!!! :)  To make your thread sorting much easier, we have sorted your fibers into bundles within the Accessory Pack. Each of these bundles contains at least one easily identifyable thread so you can tell which bundle is which. All these suggestions have come from our kind stitchers. :)
   

BUNDLE A 
Gloriana #134 “Summer Smoke” - multi
Needlepoint Inc. #0771 - yellow
Au ver a Soie #creme - cream
Au ver a Soie #3334 - mauve
Au ver a Soie #4624 - red
Kreinik Mori #0103 - rose lt
Kreinik Mori #0553 - blue lt
DMC Floss #524 - fern green vy lt

BUNDLE B
Gentle Art “Raspberry Parfait” - multi reds
Gentle Art “Maple Syrup” - multi browns
Au ver a Soie #1435 - steel blue dk
Kreinik Mori #0115 - pink
Kreinik Mori #0434 - green med lt
Kreinik Mori #4166 - blue green
YLI 7mm silk ribbon #1 - white

BUNDLE C
Needlepoint Inc. #0964 - grey brown
Kreinik Mori #0304 - peach
Kreinik Mori #4206 - green med
Kreinik Mori #4077 - green dk
Kreinik Mori #8084 - grey blue lt
Kreinik Mori #8050 - black
Kreinik #4 Braid #002HL - metallic gold

BUNDLE D
SJ Designs 2mm pearl beads - gold   
SJ Designs petite bead #1816 - yellow gold
SJ Designs petite bead #18116 - red
Mill Hill petite bead #42030 - copper

Check with your local Needlework Shop for the Accessory Pack from the Victoria Sampler! They contain sufficient amounts of specialty items for you to stitch the Sampler.
   
Or...   Shop Online in our Catalogue