Button, Button...

...Sew Many Buttons!!

Guessing the number of buttons in the vase was one of the activities at our 

s w e e t  simplici"tea"! 

Can you guess how many buttons are in the vase?

Go here for the answer .

I also used buttons as confetti on the table and to decorate the crown and pincushion/sewing kits . 

These mints were the perfect addition to the party table. Not only did they match the colors of the tablerunner and china perfectly but they are pretty and taste great too. 

The prizes were wrapped in sewing pattern tissue. Sew simple!

Other activities included a simple, ten question sewing quiz, fun sewing trivia, two quilting poems and a tea poem.

I used this antique quilt as another simple way to decorate and incorporate the sewing/quilting theme. It was draped over a bench under the fabric banner.

This party was full of
s w e e t  simplici"tea"!

tea party food

 

      

This was the food I served at our mother/daughter s w e e t  simplici"tea"! 

Sew scrumptious!!

     

s w e e t simplici"tea"!

Yesterday was our annual Mother/Daughter tea party.  

It was sew much fun!

The theme was sewing/quilting so I incorporated gingham, calico, buttons, trims, vintage patterns, stitching, pins, needles and patchwork everywhere I could. 

Each year I make a paper crown for our Mother to wear at the party. Since the invitations were paper quilted (to see my invitations go here: Paper Quilting) I continued that theme when I made the crown. It is embellished with buttons, beads, glitter and a medallion that I made with leftover matching paper. On the inside I sewed a label with her name and date. The back is tied with ribbons and is adjustable. 

  

I made pincushion/sewing kits out of a jam sized canning jars for everyone and filled them with spools of thread, needles, scissors, thimble and some individually wrapped strawberry candies and a Hershey Kiss. I made a banner with leftover fabric from the tablerunner and napkins and another banner with vintage pattern envelopes and clothes pins. 

These were the programs that were given to each guest. 

"Stash" tea party favors, "cute as a button" shortbread cookies and the tablerunner. 

I made gingham napkins and used a pink tape measure to tie them. 

I chose this handmade family heirloom gingham apron to wear while serving tea. 

paper quilting

 The last couple of weeks I have been working on these invitations for a mother/daughter tea party I am planning. After lots of trial and error, getting hung up on details and fussing over finishing touches I finally called it good and mailed them off last week. 

On the left is my first sample dress attached to my first version background. 
The invite on the right is a modified version of both the dress and the collage background. 
The one in the middle is a finished invitation.

I used my sewing machine to paper quilt the dresses, hand stitched most of  the embellishments such as beads and buttons, then attached the finished dresses to the background which I collaged using vintage sewing patterns. No two dresses were alike.

This is the back of the invitation. I tried to include as many sewing terms as possible in my poem and used my collage again for the background.  I also embellished the four corners (not shown here) with flowers that matched the dress on the front. 

Sew much fun!!!