Project Quilting 12.2 Fussy Cut

Well, I had Monday off work and started to put together a nice fussy cut block throw, got the top done but didn’t have time to get batting and backing so...

 I started making a potholder for my daughter instead Saturday night after watching my 3 young grandsons for 3 hours. 

I found some scraps with these really cute cats walking on the beach, put some other scraps in beige tones and slapped it together with batting and insulbrite between the layers. Put on some binding and done. Measures 9.5x11.5”.   Came up with this. 

I will try to finish the throw quilt this winter.  I got an old singer 66 and a 301A for free so I’m going to clean and oil them up and try to use one to quilt it  

Project Quilting Season 12.1

 

I made a new large 33”x15” hot pad that I can use at camp for all the food spreads we have with our camp friends.  Really didn’t like the color scheme I needed to use, but I did have enough scraps and pieces to make this quilt.

Made strips (no pic) and cut them bargello style to 2.5” wide and stitched back together for the quilt top.

Cut out a piece of leftover oven mitt backing to be 2” smaller than my top so I could roll over the front to the back to finish it off  

Then I stitched across the grey blocks with yellow thread.  Stitched across the other way on the grey to crosshatch the stitching.

Little hard to squeeze a larger quilt into my sewing machine.

I hand stitched the corners to make them pretty, then I did a decorative stitch to keep it prettier!

I probably use the backside to put the cook pots on, coming off the grill and cooktop will probably make the pots and trays a little dirty on the bottoms. The reflective backing should be easier to clean then the cotton fabric. 

Thanks Trish And Kim for this challenge.