Small finishes for Friday

Sometimes a little fabric aquisition road trip

inspires me to new places.

Like this bobby pin fabric which shouted at me from the sale bin

to make something from it.

So I did. Here is the bigger size and the smaller one,

just the right size for bobby pins.

Here's the five I've made from the half metre cut.

I could probably make another five,

but I'm running out of the right colours for the zippers

and I'm pretty committed to using my 10 cent thrift shop ones

instead of buying retail.

I'm posting the selvage info here because

this fabric got lots of interest on Instagram when I posted it there.

If you're on IG, please follow me at @brendasuderman

I'm also finished with this wool and polyester crazy quilt.

I tore off the back years ago so now it is just the crazy piecing

on a muslin back.

It doesn't have a sentimental meaning for my family

and no one is sure where it came from

so I'm giving it a local friend

who gives new life to all types of lost and lonely linens.

I finished this set of solid placemats for my SIL recently

quilting them with the walking foot on my Juki

and figuring out different designs for each one.

Here's a shot where you can see the quilting on them.

That's the back on the far right placemat.

I picked a backing fabric that hides the stains.

I figure the blue is the company side and the striped is the everyday side.

I'm linking up to other Friday finishers.

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Crazy Mom Quilts

TGIFF