Challenge accepted.

Connecting Friends!

Two projects completed this week -  

Challenges from Connecting Threads group and Studio Quilters.

This cushion was made from scraps of fabric donated by each member of Connecting Threads - the challenge being to use them all in a single project as a memento of our friendship. It started off with the intention of being a wallhanging for my loft studio.

I dabbled with the letter stitches, on my new Brother machine, to stitch out the sentiment: 'Connecting Friends'. It was good practice at least, if a little wonky! But they were a little small for what I'd envisaged. 

As the piecing evolved it looked more cushion shaped. So I changed tack and made it into one, especially to take with me to workshops, so that I can always think of my friends.

The other was the annual challenge from Studio Quilters. The brief was to make a small satchel bag using any method we liked. 

I had already pieced together this sort of 'bargello' panel from a handful of scraps that Bernice gave me a few months back.

This was a classic 'make it up as you go along design'! I pulled together all the bits I needed - the interlining, cord, button and black and gold lining fabric. 

And somehow it all seemed to work out perfectly. 

The 'Sew a Row' (vehicles) is completed for this month's exchange and I have done the same for my own version, but that all has to stay under wraps for now. 

So all in all I am feeling quite up to date! 

Happy Quilting Everyone!

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