TUTORIAL: TEA WALLET - TUTORIAL: ESTOIG DE TE

Thank you all so much for all your nice comments on Conor's arrival! We're settling in well, bit by bit and taking one day at a time... Conor is doing great, putting on weight, more than average! I'd say living surrounded by cows might influence my milk supply...
The nice heat wave that we had here is gone and now we're back to the typical Irish non-stop drizzling rain... ah well, more time indoors then, cozy fires and maybe a little bit of time for a couple of stitches (????).


Before Conor was born I made that tea wallet and I took pics of every step for a tutorial, so here it is as promised. I hope you make lots and show me the result! you can add your link in a comment in this post, I'd love to see what you make.

Moltissimes gracies per totes les vostres felicitacions! Ja estem ben instal.lats a casa i ens ho prenem tot amb calma, a poc a poc. En Conor esta molt be, segons la infermera que ens visita s'ha engreixat mes del que un nado de LM normalment s'engreixa... deu ser que totes les vaques que ens envolten per aqui influeixen la meva produccio!
La onada de calor que vam tenir ja ha cabat i ara hem tornat a la tipica pluja irlandesa de txirimiri constant... que hi farem, mes temps a casa, a la voreta del foc i potser amb una mica de temps per fer algunes puntadetes (????).

Abans de neixer el Conor vaig fer aquell estoig per a guradar bossetes de te i vaig fer fotos de cada pas per un tutorial. Doncs be, aqui el teniu! Espero que en feu molts i me'ls ensenyeu...

MATERIALS

lining fabric: 

3 pieces measuring 7"x 5"

1 piece measuring 7"x 6.5"

outer fabric:

1 piece measuring 7"x 6.5"

1 elastic

1 botton

tela interior:

3 peces de 7"x 5"

1 peça de 7"x 6.5"

tela exterior:

1 peça de 7" x 6.5"

1 goma

1 boto

 1. Press the 3 pieces by half lengthwise so they measure 7"x 2.5".

1. Planxeu les 3 peces per la meitat per a que quedin 7"x 2.5".

2. You can add an appliqué or/and your tag on one of them.

2. Podeu afegir un aplicat i/o la vostra etiqueta en una d'elles.

3. Topstitch on the folded side of each piece. These will be the pockets.

3. Feu un reput a la part doblegada de cada peça. Seran les butxaques.

3. Place one piece onto the remaining lining piece (7" x6.5"), 

leaving a space of 1" between the top of the piece and the top of the pocket. 

a. Sew the bottom of the pocket onto the main piece. 

b. Now align the second pocket onto the first pocket, leaving a space of 1 1/4" between the top

of the first pocket and the second. Again sew the bottom onto the main piece.

c. Align the third pocket leaving the same space between the two tops, this time you don't need to sew the bottom as you'll sew all the pieces together later.

3. Col.loqueu una de les peces a sobre de la peça que medeix 7"x 6.5".

a. Deixeu un espai d'una polazada

entre el marge de dalt i el marge de la butxaca. Cosiu la part d'abaix de la butxaca a la peça gran.

b. Col.loqueu la segona butxaca sobre la primera, deixant una polazda i quart entre les dues parts superiors i cosiu la part d'abaix per fer la segona butxaca.

c. Feu el mateix amb la tercera pero aquest cop no cal que cosiu la part d'abaix ja que

ho cosireu tot junt mes tard.

NOTE: the gauge in the picture is showing the wrong measure, it should be 1" between the top and the first pocket and 1 1/4" between pockets. 

 NOTA: la foto mostra la mesura incorrecta, hauria de ser una polazada entre la part superior i la primera butxaca i una polzada i quart entre les butxaques.

4. Sew from bottom to top at the centre of the pockets.

4. Cosiu verticalment al centre de les butxaques, des d'abaix fins a dalt.

5. Now take the outer fabric and place the elastic on the centre-left side, inwards.

5. Ara agafeu la tela exterior i col.loqueu la goma al centre del costat esquerre, cap endins.

6. Place the pockets piece facing down onto the right side of the outer fabric and sew all along

leaving a gap of 4" at the bottom.

6. Col.loqueu la peça amb les butxaques mirant cap abaix, sobre la part del dret de la tela exterior

i cosiu a 1/4"per tot al voltant deixant un espai d'unes 4" a la part de sota.

7. To reinforce the elastic, stitch back and forth a few times.

7 Per reforçar la goma, feu uns quants repunts.

4" gap at the bottom.

espai de 4" a la part inferior.

8. Cut the corners before turning the wallet inside out through the gap.

8. Talleu les cantonades abans de girar l'estoig cap enfora a traves de l'espai que hem deixat.

9. Press and topstitch at 1/8" all around, closing the gap at the same time.

9. Planxeu i cosiu a un 1/8" de marge aprofitant per tancar l'espai de sota.

10. Sew a botton on the other side, being careful 

not to sew it throughout he pocket (as it happened to me...)

10. Cosiu-hi un boto a l'altra banda, anant en compte de no cosir la butxaca! (com em va passar a mi...)

and fill in with your favourite tea bags...

i ara l'ompliu amb les bossetes de te que mes us agradi...

Do you like tea? Have you got any favorite flavour or blend?

My favorite tea blend is Nambarrie. 

My husband is from Belfast (where the Nambarrie headquarters were) and this is the tea he grew up with, along with plain chocolate digestives...mmm

Us agrada el te? hi ha alguna barreja en especial que preferiu?

El meu te preferit es aquest, Nambarrie. El meu company es de Belfast (on hi havia originalment la fabrica) i va creixer amb aquest te, juntament amb galetes deigestive de xocolata...mmm

you can only find it in Northen Ireland and Scotland, 

so it is quite an expedition when we need to buy more! 

Nomes es pot trobar a Irlanda del Nord o a Escocia, aixi que

es tota una expedicio quan n'hem de comprar mes!