From the Vault - Teapot Quilt

Welcome to From the Vault.  In this series,  I'll pull out an old quilt to show you and explain what I was thinking at the time.   In some cases, it is "WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!  

I guess I'm not afraid to show you these.  I think we all have styles that have evolved over the years.  

I'll tell you what year the quilt was made, and you might recognize colors/fabrics/styles that you also experimented with during the same time frame.

I made this quilt in 2005 and I still love it.  It's still me, and it's the only quilt that I've had on our wall nearly continuously since I made it. 

The pattern is no longer in print.  It's Tea Party from Quilted Frog.  (For my cat-loving friends, they have a cute pattern that might be tempting.)
 
I bought the pattern from Going Quilting, a great but short-lived quilt store.  They had lots of fun prints that were unique at the time, like the aqua/green/purple/yellow/orange floral on the upper teapot, the mugs, and the plates.

This is a fused quilt and I had so much fun making it.  I used a piece of lace for the "doilies".  The spoons look more like pipes, in my opinion.  I'd show you a close-up, but it's hanging way up high above a tall window, and I don't feel like getting out a ladder to take more photographs.