Aussie Hero Quilt Progress.

This is what I have been working on today. An Aussie Hero quilt request. The colours asked for were blues, yellows, greens and purples. What I did was cut the lengths of fabrics in widths of 2 1/2 inches, sewed them together in groups of 3 and then cut them into 6 1/2 inch blocks. I then made them into 3 piles and the top and bottom mirror each other and the middle I sewed in waves.

Re Worked Wedding Gift.

 Back in 2010 when my daughter got married I made them a large floor cushion as a wedding gift.

It has over time gotten a bit of wear and tear and she has asked me to re do it as a wall hanging.

Originally it was going to be put into a frame but now I have found in my sewing room quite by chance a very large hoop. I have put it into this instead. The paper that is pinned on at the moment will have the names and dates of the event and will be done in printable fabric and sewn in place. I will also add a hanging loop to the top of the hoop. I had a lot of fun unpicking and re sewing this by hand.

Aussie Hero Laundry Bags.

 Today I have made 20 laundry bags.

 All different.

 All going to the same place on Monday.

Just need to add the cord. I will be making the cards and gift packs this evening. A good days work.

Laundry Bag Tops.

 I have taken apart all the Hard Yakka pants I bought from Savers. Each side yields 4 long pieces, I have taken off the buttons and zips for use later. Each 1/4 of the legs makes two 4 inch wide strips and two 2 1/4 inch strips. This makes a total of 3 bag tops or in other words, 12 bag tops per pair of pants. I have 17 pairs of these.

 Each pant leg strips.

Put into a laundry bag.
I have jeans that I will also do this too. I have enough hard wearing fabric for plenty of laundry bags this year. 

Happy New Year.

 Happy New Year, This is an Aussie Hero quilt finished today. The request was for blue and nautical.

This is the back.

Charity Makes.

 This is the Aussie Hero quilt so far. I have been using up all my scraps for this one, Request is for blue and nautical. So far I have made 4 long strips that will be trimmed and then a border added all around and anchors appliqued onto the quilt.

This is the hat and scarf I made on Christmas day. The destination is the Guardian Pharmacy later on next year.

Savers Again!

I did not believe it was possible, but I went to Savers again, this time with my husband, He wanted to check out if they had any records left. No records but he did find a belt. They were selling the last of the things for 10 for $1. I got this lot for $2.