I kept cutting and sewing and eventually finished 16 of these placemats. The bias binding was a learning experience for me and some worked out better than others. Note to self: when you are learning a new technique, don’t pick striped fabric!
Most of them went with the Advent Game I sent to the kids but there were a few left for random gifts and cards.
They were fun to make and so cute!
I finished rebinding these four placemats that came from Mum’s projects. Doing them properly (with a bias binding) proves to me how much I have learned through my quilting adventures.
I needed a miniature for our November Mini Meez meeting and, since Hallowe’en was approaching, I decided to go with that theme. This pattern caught my eye while browsing either Facebook or one of my blogs; the author said it could be done in an hour or two and that seemed like about the amount of time I wanted to spend.
I had all the fabric in my “Novelty” bin (yes, I’m organizing) although finding five width-of-fabric strips was challenging. Needless to say it took me much longer than an hour or two but overall it was a quick finish.
When I first started on the Library committee at the Guild I volunteered to take a book home each month and make something from it. That idea didn’t last long but this quilt was one of the results. I noticed a photo today of the finished top from November 2015 so it took less than two years – I have older UFOs! This particular quilt was #1 on my UFO Challenge list for this year.
When we were purging books from the library I felt I should have the book that this pattern came out of. I’ll probably never use the pattern again, or any of the other patterns in the book, but it is nice to see it on the shelf and know that it was actually used for something.
The quilt will be donated to the Oncology ward at the hospital.