Sewing for me Saturday Night!

I have been madly quilting for AHQ today and I am taking the night off to sew for me.  But before I show you what I have sewn I will show you some recent retail therapy.  First up thirtyfive 10 1/2 inch squares in 1930's fabric.  These are for use later in the year but it was a good chance to get them.

 I really love these bunnies!

 And then I ordered a scrap bag of golden sunshine - - yummy yellows.  As it turns out about half of them will be good in guys' quilts

 and the other half are definitely more feminine.

Last last night I started these mini stars.  I left them on the machine so that I finished them before I did anything else this morning.  

 I really love the little details that you can include.

I got a little more done on my tumbler placemats today.  Two quilted, two to go.

And I made a trial pinwheel block too.  I have to make pot holders and other bits for the Irish Charity Bazaar this year for the last time.  My friend who runs the Australian Embassy Stall, Glenda, and I decided that we need lots of Christmassy stuff.  This is my first pinwheel.  Now that I have made it I have decided that I like the size so I will make more the same.  In the next few days I will try to get a bunch cut out so that they are ready to sew when I have time.  I might do some star blocks as well.  

Before I go - don't forget to leave a comment on this post if you want to be in the draw for my follower giveaway.  You know the saying - you have to be in it to win it!

Till next time......happy stitching!

It is curtains for me!

I managed to get one more tumbler panel sewn into rows today and then have laid out the fourth.  I am really loving these colours.

I have a whole underbed storage tub full of old cream cotton curtains.   These are my cafe curtains from when we lived in Darien CT.  The entire downstairs windows had these curtains and we took them with us when we moved.  It is obvious that we will never use them again and I had forgotten all about them until earlier this week when my hubby and I were cleaning out the garage.

Now I am slowly cutting them up.  I might look at the bigger curtains for lining laundry bags.  I need to wash one panel first to see what it is like without all the starch  it current contains but the valances are too small for that.  Those I am cutting up to 3 1/2"   and 2 1/2" squares.  I am combining them with my scrappy squares in two ways and then I plan to put them all together in two ways - a coloured star with cream background

And coloured background with cream points.  

I am not quite committed to using both types of stars together.  I may make two quilts.  I will decide once I get lots more stars completed.  This will be a project I pick up when I just need a break and want to do something simple.

Till next time............happy stitching!