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This summer my lady friends and I took time out from all our other activities and obligations to visit some very lovely tea rooms. The first Tea Room we visited was no. 10 Palmer Place in Painesville, OH. Located just off  Mentor Avenue the Tea Room is decorated in a Victorian style, there’s also a darling gift shop and a beautiful garden room just right for a private party or bridal shower or just a photo opportunity, like we did. The ladies who work here make yummy, fresh, soups, salads, desserts and the service is superb. Our server was so kind and friendly and even helped us celebrate the birthday of one of our tea group members who was not able to be with us that day. How sweet is that!

no. 10 Palmer Place Tea Room

Next up on our Tea Room Tour, Miss Molly’s Tea Room in Medina, OH. Another beautiful and elaborate Victorian style Tea Room. We were seated by the Christmas tree, decorated year round with tea cups, lace and lots of tea themed accouterments. Gorgeous! The food of course was freshly prepared and absolutely delicious with a wide choice of hot teas and my favorite, raspberry iced tea. The gift shop is a cornucopia of beautiful tea gift items, tea pots, cups, table linens, cards, and lots, lots, more. A beautiful afternoon!

Miss Molly's Tea Room

For our third stop on our Tea Room journey we went to Olde Avon Village in Avon, OH for a lunch at the Tree House Gallery and Tea Room.  What a fun place for lunch! We were seated in the back room, and had a lovely view of trees and flowers and yes, it was like having lunch in a tree house. The house is a century home and is full of antiques and collectibles for purchase. The Tea Room serves delicious soups , salads, sandwiches and desserts and again, my favorite raspberry iced tea. It really is worth a trip because it is lovely and delicious. After lunch you can stroll down the Old Avon Village shops and enjoy all the unique treasures from fiber arts to bath and body to pottery and soooo much more.

Tree House Gallery and Tea Room

Our final Tea Room for the summer was in my territory, Erie, PA. The Anastasia Mansion is home to a beautiful, ornately decorated tea room,   Maison Fine Dining, Veronica’s Day Spa and Banquet Services. Our tea lunch was served in a lovely room filled with antiques and beautifully appointed. The menu changes each month so be sure to check their web site for a sneak preview of the delights you will be served. The Mansion is available for weddings, showers, party for grownups or for a delightful childrens tea.

Anastasia Mansion

Tea Room Road Trip 2009 was great fun. Of course any time you spend an afternoon with your girlfriends talking and laughing and eating it is a recipe for delight. Where will we go next summer? I don’t know yet, but I’m sure it will be fun and delicious.

First stop on our fall adventures, a winery! Yea!

I am always on the lookout for “princess” or “fairy” theme products and ideas that would compliment my own products. Recently I came across a blog with the most wonderful Princess Tent that I had to share it with everyone.

Isn’t this the CUTEST!

Check out the details,
the flowers and windows are just darling….

She even has a print out that you can download, so if you are feeling especially creative you can stitch one up for your little princess. Unfortunately my princess is far beyond the princess tent stage but here’s hoping a grand princess comes along. She will be one spoiled little princess.

While you are visiting ikatbag check out all the other great projects and visit her tutorials, they’re fantastic.  Thanks for allowing me to share this with everyone.

One of the special spring celebrations is in May, Mother’s Day,a celebration of those wonderful people who gave us life and love and cherish us, no matter how old we grow.

In 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother’s Day as a national holiday. Although it began as a simple celebration to honor one mother it has grown into a day of food, fun, flowers, cards, and gifts celebrating the hard work, love and sacrifice of mothers everywhere.

Quilted To A Tea would like to honor moms by offering FREE SHIPPING on all our beautiful aprons and our apron kits for the entire month of April. So stop by and do your Mother’s Day shopping a little early.

Don’t forget to stop here and pick up a pretty tea cup card to go with your gift.There’s a tea bag in each card, it’s like two gifts in one!

Do you have a mom, grandma, aunt or sister that likes to sew? How about an apron kit? The apron kits include everything they need (except thread) to make a unique, original apron for themselves. They can personalize their apron with ribbon, trim or how about a monogram? Better yet, you could stitch it up for them and deliver a gift that they can’t find anywhere else, a true one of a kind gift.

The apron patterns from The Apron Lady are fun and soooo easy to stitch.You will love them!

A tea party is not a tea party without a proper tea set and at Toadstool Tea Parties we have a tea set for any little hostess.

The newest arrivals from Mud Pie are pretty porcelain tea pots and tea cups, just the right size. All come packaged in pretty hat box style reusable boxes.

For outdoor tea parties we have darling tin tea sets.The flowery set has everything needed for a party under the trees.There’s even cutlery and a serving tray.

AUNT MARY’S TEA CAKES

2 sticks butter * 2 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups flour, sifted * 1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda * 3 eggs
1 1/2 tsps vanilla
Sift together sugar, flour, salt and baking soda.
Put sifted dry ingredients in a pan, then place all other
Ingredients in center of dry ingredients.
Mix lightly and roll out dough.
Cut with a round cookie cutter and place on a greased baking sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until light brown.
Sandy’s Tea Society -Sandy Lynam Clough

Tags: apron kit, Aprons, Mother’s Day, Tea, theme aprons

Aren’t these adorable? They really took very little time to make and very little fabric. I added a little lace on the top edge, a tassel and a tiny teapot charm. The great thing about this little pattern is that you can personalize it so very easily. Be sure to check out all the photos on the Halcyongreen blog for some great ideas for these little gift bags.

So, gather your girlfriends whenever you can. They are so important as we navigate along our life path. I wouldn’t trade mine for anything!

According to The American Tea Council, tea is the second most popular consumed beverage in the world, only water outranks it. But of course tea is made with water soooo, in my book it’s a tie! Now I know that drinking tea, especially green tea, has great health benefits. It can help in the battle of the bulge, it can make you feel better, look better and a cup of hot tea on a cold, snowy day is just the perfect therapy. (Here in PA we have had LOTS of cold snowy days this year so I have needed LOTS of thereapy). But…. on one day this month, January 23, forget about the health benefits and just enjoy that cup of hot tea with a slice of your favorite pie. You deserve it!

National Pie Day was created by the National Pie Council to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Crisco. There’s no hard and fast rule about how to celebrate this holiday. The choice is yours. Make a pie for a friend, make a pie for yourself, just make a pie. Or if you’re not a baker it’s ok to buy a pie. Just have pie! What’s your favorite? Mine is pecan, must be my southern heritage. I’ve seldom met a pecan pie I didn’t like. Of course, chocolate anything pie is a very close second.

One of my very special friends really loves dupoini silk and when I saw this piece of chocolate brown silk with pale blue embroidery I knew it was perfect for her. Since she is studying French I decided to add a Parisian touch with a darling Eiffel tower embroidery motif purchased from Embroidery Designs.

Another fun apron project that was requested is this contemporary style Chef’s apron. A sleek monogram and a set of two abstract martini glasses make this apron very crisp and contemporary, just like the customer requested.

Another very special friend of mine wanted Chef’s aprons of another style for her wonderful family.

One popular project this past summer was to take t-shirts and add a skirt. It’s a very simple project so I thought why not try it with a sweatshirt. I think the results will keep the recipient toasty warm this winter.

This is just a small sampling of the projects that have passed through my workshop this season. All in all it’s been a busy, productive, fun and creative season. I wish all of my customers and readers a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous Holiday Season. Be sure to keep watching for new and exciting projects in the New Year.

It’s almost time for the annual Tie One On Day. What is Tie One On Day? It is the delightful brain child of one lovely lady, EllynAnne. She is also the author of a very lovely book, Apronisms, filled with photos, and stories about the humble accessory, the apron.

EllyAnne conceived the idea of Tie One On where on the day before Thanksgiving she encourages everyone to pause in the preparation of your own bounty, wrap a loaf of bread or other baked good in an apron, tuck a prayer or note of encouragement in the pocket, and tie one on…an apron, of course! and deliver the wrapped bundle to someone in need of spiritual or physical sustenance.

You can read more about her and her beautiful collection of aprons here, http://apronmemoriesabout.blogspot.com/
I think Tie One On Day is a fantastic idea and I encourage everyone to participate. What a wonderful activity for moms, grandmas and daughters of all ages to share in.

The new tea cozies feature the beautiful Tea For Two prints from the Quest for a Cure line by Ro Gregg for Northcott. There is the ever popular pink color line and the new green color line. Both are equally pretty and feature pretty roses and teapots and teacups. There is also a lovely tapestry print for the new cozies. This is a medium weight fabric (even better for that warming effect) and features scences of a darling tea table all set for a tea party.

As always, the cozies are hand crafted by me with great attention to detail. I hope you enjoy these new cozies as much as I enjoyed creating them. If you need a different size or you have a fabric you would like stitched into a cozy just let me know. I would love to create one of a kind special cozy just for you!

My first patch is in honor of my mother-in-law Helen who lost her battle to Alzheimer’s on a beach in beautiful Hawaii surrounded by two of her daughters and new found friends. Helen was an amazing woman who raised 6 wonderful children, the youngest of whom I am married to. She was a woman of enormous strength and compassion and she is still very much missed.

The second patch is to honor my step-father Robert who is currently battling Alzheimer’s. He lives in Tennessee with my mother and next door to my sister who does a wonderful job of taking care of them. Robert came into our lives when the four of us were already adults and beginning our own families but he has become a very special part of our family. He has good days and bad of course but he always seems to be smiling.

The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative is a wonderful organization, totally volunteer, that continues to raise awareness of the disease and raises funds for continuing research.

If you would like to learn more about Alzheimer’s, the AAQI, or would like to participate in the one of the fund raiser quilt auctions check out the AAQI site here. It’s amazing how much we can accomplish if we all work together!

Tags: Alzheimers, Quilts