Country style appliqué

I am currently making a country style patchwork and appliqué cushion cover taken from Lynnette Anderson's country cottage quilting.  All of the pieces are fused and I am blanket stitching round the edges in a self colour.  I may have just enough fabric to make another but hopefully a different design.

 

Scrappy James Town quilt

I asked my daughter to return my sewing machine for a service!  This is what I found!

I then set about oiling and running it.  Here is my 31 year old Toyota which now sews like a dream.

I have had great fun this weekend sewing up the scrappy James Town by Bonnie Hunter.  Not a single piece of this quilt was cut from yardage or fat quarters!  What do you think peeps?

Fabric bucket for my first customer

This was a bucket made to order - a success and another order on the way ..........

Another scrappy toy bucket

Here is Evie's scrappy toy bucket.  It's a little different in that the handles are longer and I have folded the top down to the inside and then topstitched it down.   I have made longer straps to come up from the lining to the top of the bucket. What do you think?

Adult fabric bucket

Here is an adult fabric bucket for out bedroom.  We are going to use it for laundry and it matches the curtains, so a winner all round.

Scrap toy box

A scrappy day today.  Had a good day at our group today and here is the result.

I was quite pleased, putting my scrappy strips together and densely quilting it enable this toy bucket to stand up.  Hopefully the little lady this is for will use it for many years to come.  I will put together a pattern and perhaps someone will volunteer to be a pattern tester! 

One more view (sorry about the photo quality).......,,,

Small make for February

Yesterday I set to and came up with a flower bag for the raffle at our dance last night.  Just used some scraps and practiced some appliqué and free machine quilting.  An easy make and a finish!

I have also been busy the last two weekends putting together oversized blocks to use as practice pieces for my longarm machining techniques.  More on that next time.