The gift of tea...

 ...bags, that is.

These beauties arrived last week. A gift from Pam. The note included stated that she thought they were needed here sooner rather than later. [She's coming to visit at the end of October. Woohoo!]

I did a little dance, sent a whispered thank you floating on the breeze in Pam's direction, oohed and aahed over the lovely rusting and carried them to the studio to photograph. Pam's creative energy must have been lingering on the bags for soon an idea had me getting the sewing machine out.

 With 3 tea bags layered

 for body and depth of color,

 I happily stitched lines across the rusty circles.

Once 4 sets had been stitched and photographed, 

 I set about adding them 

  to the 4 collages

already in progress.

3 are now complete. The 4th is being stubborn and needs a bit of considering.