Tea Cup challenge

Kris of Tag along Teddies and Liz of Teddlywinks designs have challenged us to show our teacup collection so I decided to join in and show you a few of my lovely tea cups  .I don't have a huge collection but I do love what I do own so here goes , won't you join me for a cup of tea now :-)

                                                          A pretty yellow teacup

                            This is a favorite , love the shape of the cup and the colors of the flowers.

               Another lovely shape , and a nice handle to hold , I do find some china cups don't give you much to hold on to .

A lovely pink , so delicate with some pretty red roses inside .

Some pretty violets , gorgeous cup , very dainty ,you'd feel like a princess drinking from this one .

                      I know  we all love chintz , isn't this gorgeous !

   Next we have this antique set ,very fine china , so thin and delicate with an oriental scene painted on the pieces , this was a set that I inherited from my husbands great aunt , his grandfathers sister ,I feel very honored to have recieved this gorgeous set .

And lastly is this tea pot that I bought at an auction , the cups do not match but are pretty close and part of a set of dishes I purchased at a flea market .The tablecloth in most of these pictures is one I bought at least 25 years ago or  more at a flea market and was told it is a flour sack that was taken apart and the embroidery added . There are two different embroidery patterns used , in two corners are the flower arrangement you see above  and in the other corners is a lady watering her flowers, kind of odd that they did different patterns but it was part of the charm of why I bought it and it has been well used over the years and now has couple of holes in it and is getting thin .My grandmother often made tablecloths and pillowcases from old flour and sugar sacks and I wish I had some of them now , she did beautiful embroidery . So I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of my teacup collection , why not join in the challenge that Kris and Liz have given us , we would love to see your teacups and teapots . Thanks for stopping by and hope you are enjoying your weekend .
 hugs Sheila