tea party

Yesterday my daughter went to a birthday party:

a fancy tea party.

So I decided to make as a present for the birthday girl

supplies for felt tea party at home.

requirement:

-tea (bags, this is not the UK!)

-cookies

-fruit

-chocolate

-some container to keep it all

so here is my version of a tea party!

The tea bags are based on a few designs that I have been seeing on flickr felt group

http://www.flickr.com/groups/handmadefeltfood/pool/

I combined different parts from different people's vision to make my own version.

As you can tell, I like green tea!

I used tule for the bag, I cut leaves for the inside and the tag.

The string is cotton yarn , and for safety reason it is less than 6 inch.

I found the pattern for the chocolate bunnies at

playingfood.blogspot.com/

I changed the eyes a little, the white part is stitched on with the blue floss,

I did a French knot, of course!

The little cake is made using the new TV show: DIY dish

http://www.thediydish.com/

It is rolled felt on the inside (strawberry/vanilla), recovered with icing

and with some cream on the top!

I also made my favorite cookies

and some strawberries.

For the tray/basket, I used 2 fabric, some ribbons and some iron-on fleece.

I started with a square about 12 inch, removed 4 squares in each corner,

 around 2.5 inch, whatever the high of the tray you are interested in.

I ironed on the fleece.

I stitched the 8 pieces of ribbon.

Then with right sides together, I stitched both fabric around, leaving an opening.

I clipped the corners and the inside of the corners.

I returned the fabric, ironed it and hand stitched.

To help the edges stand up, I stitched along the lignes through all layers.

Here is a view of the flaten tray.

 

It would be all that is needed for a tea party with friends,

after all it should feed 4.

The birthday girl liked very much!

Happy sewing!