Sewing Project: Teapot

Inspiration:  For my daughter's tea party themed birthday party, I planned on having the kids play "Hot Teapot".  I didn't want to use either of the china teapots or her plastic Strawberry Shortcake one.  I knew I needed to sew one that was softer.

How I Made It: I thought about just taking an online image and making it more like a pillow but ended up searching for teapot sewing patterns and came up with the following:

• I used the pattern from http://whipup.net/wp-content/images/2011/06/Whipup.netTeapotPattern.pdf
• I used the instructions from http://jointhemood.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/pincushion-alfiletero.html for putting together the body and sewing, stuffing & attaching the spout and handle.

I used multiple colored fabric (see image above).  I also machine sewed most of the pieces and only hand-sewed to close the teapot body, close the lid circle, secure on the button top and attach the lid to the body. The whole thing only took 1 evening.

What I'd Do Different:

• I'd definitely make a longer body.  Mine looks more like a Genie Lamp than a teapot.
• I'd secure the spout on a little more closer to the top so it's more upright.
• I wanted to add a little hidden pocket to put in a prize for the kid who is holding it when the music stops, but I ended up not doing that.  It probably could have been done with some material into the top and using velcro to secure the lid to the top of the teapot.