What you will need:
For the Teapot
- Free downloadable Teapot template
- Canvas block 30 x 30
- Large piece of your chosen fabric big enough to cover the canvas and then attach it to the back (we chose a plain fabric for this)
- Mixture of fabrics for each piece of the tea pot
- Needle
- Thread to match you fabrics (optional)
- Your choice of embroidery thread (enough to sew around each piece of the tea pot - used a dusty pink colour DMC 152)
- Embroidery needle
- Fabric glue (we used Copydex)
- Pencil (to draw your designs)
- Your choice of coloured embroidery thread
- Needle
- Choose a box canvas that measures – 30×30
- Cut your chosen backing fabric to size, ensuring you leave enough overflow of fabric on each side to be glued to the underside of the canvas box.
- (Note: Do not attach the backing fabric to the canvas box until the tea pot has been sewn onto it)
- Start by downloading and printing out the free downloadable teapot template
- Cut out each piece of the teapot template
- Draw around the teapot template pieces on to your chosen fabrics and cut them out
- Using the dotted lines on the template as a guide to how deep the hem should be, fold each hem over and iron down ready for stitching (note: if you do not feel confident enough to stitch the teapot pieces onto the backing fabric without hemming them first, use a tacking stitch to keep the hems in place initially and then pick them out when sections have been sewn into place with the embroidery thread – as shown.)
- When you have ironed all the individual teapot hems down (and stitched them if you prefer) place them (in order) onto the backing fabric and pin them in place ready for attaching (we used a plain white fabric for the background as the fabric we used for the teapot contrasts well)
- Sew the pieces to the backing fabric (we used an over stitch for this)
- Decorate the outside edge if you want to also. We doodled free-hand on to the backing fabric using a light pencil and then stitched over the design (for this we used split stitch)
- Pull the backing fabric tightly over the canvas and staple or stick the fabric to the back of the canvas
- Hang on the wall for all to see
Download the free pattern by clicking right here!
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Cherry x
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thanks so much! I made this for my grandniece’s 1st birthday present to hang in her bedroom. Her mom LOVED it! Thanks so much for sharing your talents
How kind of you to post this pattern; recently my neighbor who is 90 was placed in a memory care facility. I spent many an afternoon exchanging thoughts about life with her prior to this.
I have been searching all over for a tea pot pattern to make something for her for Valaentine’s Day….now I have found it! Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart!
Nancy ~ The Strawberry Mallard
You are so welcome. I love conversations like the one’s you mention and wish I had had more with my grandparents. Cx
I cannot thank you enough for posting this lovely pattern. Recently my sweet 90 year old neighbor was admitted to a memory care facility. She and I often shared a cup of tea together and had wonderful conversations about life.
I visited her today and was looking for a tea themed pattern to creat a Valentine gift for her…now I have one becuase of you!
Thank you so very much again!!!
Fondly, Nancy ~ the strawberry mallard
I clicked on “print this page” and all I received was 8 pages of directions and no pattern for the teapot applique. Please help. I love the pattern! sue
Hi Sue,
So glad you like our applique tea pot. The reason you may have trouble viewing the pattern is because it is a PDF and you will need Adobe Reader downloaded onto your computer to view this.
This link may help – http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Best wishes
Jodie