Sunday afternoon

It is very quiet here, our visitors have gone home, the place is sort of tidy. I have been cutting fabric, our leader for the Port sewing group had suggested we sew neck ties for the firies tomorrow, so I have cut several 7 inch strips in preparation.

Ingrid finished this quilt yesterday, made with some of the Advent Blocks from Susan's blog. Ingrid added patterned fabric around the edge, it looks almost art deco I think.

Yesterday I made a shopping bag from two fat quarters I found at Lizzie's Quilt shop, perfect for Belinda at SJOG.

Yesterday I was also sewing jell roll strips into sections of 10.

Ingrid making 4 patches.

Yesterday morning I saw a blog post from Carole, she is doing a live event to make blocks and quilts for Quilts of Valor. As we cannot be there we decided to make a block each to post.

Our calculations making half square triangles was a bit out so we ended up making two blocks each, Ingrid's above

and mine below. Mine are especially well made, twice in fact as I reversed the star points and ended up with squares!! They look much better this way! These will go into the mail to Carole tomorrow.

In between getting a chicken on to roast and peeling the veges, I finished sewing the strips together and made this quilt top. It takes one jelly roll and a  twenty and a half inch centre square. This will probably go to the oncology ward.

Before Ingrid left we auditioned fabrics for the border of the cherry quilt. We decided a piano keys type border might be the go. So I am off to do some more cutting!

Happy stitching.