Recycle that damaged cup.

I collect Royal Albert china, I have quite a large collection of Old English Rose which I also use in the kitchen .I just love the clear white background and the red and pink roses around the edges.
A while ago one of my cups had a nasty accident and everyone knows that favourite things can not be just thrown out.
So after some consideration I decided to recycle the set...I filled the cup with foam which I secured with glue and the made silk ribbon roses and filled the space at the top of the cup to overflowing with them,the same colours as the roses on the cup and saucer.I made sure the roses covered the damage on the edge of the cup.
Maybe others could use this idea with other cups..mugs etc.
Always a talking point.


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That is so very nice Chocolate. I will do that same thing with some of my old broken things.

Nice tablecloth too.

 

Thanks B. it is a real good feeling to make something new again.

 

Very pretty and nice save.

 

I totally agree with Eileen. Nice job!

 

GREAT JOB! No wonder you cannot throw that cup and saucer away! It is perfect, even with a ding or two. That set is so pretty.

I hate throwing away my pretties too. If they are too smashed up to use elsewhere, I save the pieces for a mosaic that I want to make one of these days. I have pieces of various broken pretties in two buckets now. Now I need to figure out what I am going to make with them. I saw an idea where another lady used them to make a mosaic patio. Someone else made a bench seat... The possibilities are endless. That way you don't have to say 'goodbye' to them.

I seem to have not saved that link? What I am finding on the net is just basic instructions for very small crafts. My new deck is wood, so making it a mosaic is out. No hurry.

 

Very nice recycling job. But please, what is that pretty lacy thing underneath it? It looks like something I used to make, I think it's called tatting in English.

 

Thanks everyone..
Droopy..yes you are right,it is tatting.
I had several[5] aunts who were very industrious,they all lived into their 90s,and no internet or TV.They crotcheted, knitted and tatted their way through life,no such thing as work either, they were all kept women,only a couple of children too.They were true'ladys'and set tables and made beds 'properly'.
Some of The Old English Rose settings came from them.
Maybe that's where the ideas came from for Downton Abbey.My sisters and I just loved to stay at their houses,we learnt new recipes and knitting stitches etc,they certainly enriched our lives.
Back to question ,yes it is nice and it sure is tatting, not seen very much here now.I still have the tatting shuttle but cant remember how to use it.

AAnightowl, I have seen frames around mirrors made from broken china pieces,might be an easier project to start.

 

That's so pretty and a lovely way to keep something so cherished.

We were given a Royal Albert teapot,milk jug and 2 cups and saucers when we got married but ours have yellow roses on them. We're really 'mug' people so they haven't had much use but I wouldn't part with them.

My Mum used to tat and it is the one thing that I could never get my head around.I have Mum's shuttles and would like to give it a try again but I would need to see someone doing it in front of me.

 

Hi chocolate. Very nice that and as a very keen Pottery and Porcelain person so glad to see that these items though damaged are still kept,loved and treasured as yours. In my "heaps" of P and P there is much damaged (bought so) but even so is still kept for display and for researching the Pottery, Marks etc - I love reading about it as much as looking at it. This could well be why the stapled/bridged repairs we have mentioned were done - I cannot imagine they would be suitable/safe for use in eating/drinking etc but simply because they were loved. Years ago it was a general thing I think to display ones "best" china in the house, probably in the "best" room. This was not so in my own "growing up" house there being 8 children in it which meant of course apart from it not being there what was had a hardish life. No matter - it was a case of hard up but happy.
In my Grans house in her front room she had a sideboard and this wonderful Porcelain tea service was always displayed there - Teapot, Milk jug and basin, six cups and saucers and six side plates- looked a treat against that dark wood.
Syd.

 

What a lovely way to save a broken cup! It looks lovely

 

Lucky you to have learned so much from your aunts.

My grandmother had a tatting shuttle, but she only knew how to make straight lace to go around collars for example. I borrowed the shuttle, found a book at the library and learned how to do it. It takes weeks to make a usable piece, so neither wonder one doesn't see a lot of it any more.

 

Or you could have just used this as an excuse to do a new craft project and you could have painted it yourself. But, oh well. o.o

I have to admit, the cup is beautiful though. Smile You have excellent taste.

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