For my Mum's birthday recently I wanted to make a unique card that was celebratory and also special. Tea time is the epitome of life at my family home - it's when we all come together and have a nice warm drink, probably a biscuit or bit of cake and catch up. And the best thing is it happens any time of the day! So choosing a theme that was so regular, but physically and literally heart-warming and comforting, and making it special by hand-stitching fabric on to card to make the image, seemed the perfect thing to do.
I began by cutting out shapes of fabric from templates I had drawn roughly on paper to make the components of the teacup, handle and saucer. After hemming each shape with a light running stitch so the frayed edges were all hidden I simply glued the cup and saucer sections together with PVA.
When it was fully dry I then glued the whole thing onto the front of a folded piece of A4 card and waited for that to dry too.
I then lightly wrote the words on the front with pencil to make sure they all fitted in before starting sewing...
...and using contrasting thick thread I sewed over the letters.
And this was how it looked when I gave it to my Mum on her birthday!
PS. A Christmas post to follow soon hopefully!
