Friday Finishes

I've made some progress on long overdue projects.

First up is a baby quilt from solid flying geese 

originally intended for a double quilt for my son.

He got a double quilt recently from grandma

so I decided to sew these into two projects:

a baby quilt for a soon-to-be born neighbour

and a throw quilt for whatever.

I may be late for the baby, but I'm early for this wedding.

I combined a $7 package of denim rectangles

with some Jane Sassaman prints from the bargain bin

for a picnic and beach blanket.

That black patch pocket on the lower right is hiding a zippered pocket

perfect for stowing keys or a phone.

The wedding couple requested purple

and I like how that stripe frames the blanket,

Here's a shot of the two coordinating backing prints--

the stripes and yellow jackets on purple.

I'm not a fan of stinging insects,

but maybe these provide a little insurance against the real thing

during an upcoming picnic.

My friend Val suggested using an old pair of jeans

to make a tote bag for the blanket.

I threw in a set of four napkins from the wasp print

and the new owners loved it all.

Now they have pockets for water bottles and snacks

and a place to keep the blanket clean in the car trunk.

Here's some more repurposing:

I needed red for the back of a pillow for my niece

and I used the strip sets and fabrics left over

from the red and grey chevron quilt I pieced for a friend last year

and my friend Yvonne hand quilted.

This is the floating chevron quilt.

When I was making it, an older and thrifty quilting friend

was concerned I was wasting too much fabric

because there were leftover strips.

I assured her I would find a place for them

and now I did.

This is a better view of the hand quilting by Yvonne.

And this is the front of the pillow.

Kara's favourite colour is red

followed by black and white.

I figured I hit the mark on this one,

and I used up lots of black and white novelty prints

so there's an I Spy quality about it.

Thanks for stopping by.

I'm linking up with other Friday finishers:

Crazy Mom Quilts

Confessions of a Fabric Addict