Sewing, Friends And Shopping.

 Yesterday I had a lovely catch up with my friend and then in the afternoon we went to Savers in Greensborough. My friend bought me this lovely large leather purple bag and I bought the cotton drill fabric and the blank cards for my Aussie Hero stuff.

 Highlights have been added to the silhouette and stitched down with clear thread.

This is how I am quilting the blocks. The key fabric is the back and the fronts will be different blocks of blue.

When the blocks are put together they will be turned 1/4 to join like this. It gives a simple movement to the quilt.

More Shopping.

This arrived today, I bought 1000 sewing machine needles for $50 free postage on Ebay. That makes each needle 5c each. This should keep me going for quite some time.

Aussie Hero Quilt Project.

 My next Aussie Hero quilt is a super fun one! The request was for Minions.
I used this http://kandipatterns.com/patterns/characters/minion-1-12330 as a chart for my quilt. Each square is 4 1/2 inches

 Over the weekend I made these, 40 table mats.

All the math and the cutting out has been done. They will be assembled into 9 patch blocks in a quilt as you go project.

Everything In Bulk.

 How lovely is this! A double sided double bed doona cover, hand made from Savers for $4. I measured it and it can be carefully un picked from the sides to make 2 quilt tops with some appliques to make them personal. A great find!

 It is all about the preparations. 6 sets of 4 laundry bags all washed, cut and ready to sew.

 I bought 60 of these on ebay for $20. Christmas gifts sorted!

Finally, quilt backings washed and sorted.

 I have been getting some knitting done in the evenings in the past few days. Scarves for Guardian Pharmacy. 

10mm knitting needles, 3 balls of 8 ply yarn, at least one of them variegated.
13 stitches, 2 row pattern.
Cast on 13 stitches.
1st row: K4, p1, (k3, p1) to last 4 stitches, k4.
2nd row: K2, p1, (k3, p1) to last 2 stitches, k2.
this makes a nice rib stretchy rib pattern. The variegated yarn helps tie in the colours and if you use a sock yarn you get a pattern running through it too. 

The light blue one has a 4 ply sock yarn in it. Do a test few rows and vary the yarns used, a good way to use up your oddments.