Random finishes for Friday

I took out these string flying geese from several years back1

and last week finally got them into a top.

I decided to go with two hues of orange

and now the top is done.

It measures 48 inches square.

I made some carry bags for Singer Featherweights.

This one for Krista Hennebury of Poppyprint 

incorporates free-pieced letter in hand dyed fabrics against a background

of a snow-dyed feed sack. 

The orange fabric top and bottom is from a woven Danish tablecloth

that had holes in the centre.

I've made one more FW tote from it and cut two more.

Just in case anyone is wondering what's inside,

I free motioned the word "featherweight" on the other side.

I love these vintage half-sized sewing machines,

but the cases can have problems

like the clasps not closing properly

or the handle wearing out.

So it is safer to carry the case in a bag.

I oiled and lubed and fiddled with the tensions on my choir of Singer Featherweights last week.

They were ready to use for a workshop last weekend 

sponsored by Winnipeg Modern Quilt Guild

and for a retreat in a week from now.

My oldest son vacated his room for several months.

His furniture is still there,

but there's room for my folding table-turned cutting station

and my choir of Featherweights and other storage bins underneath the table.

The added benefit is there's more room in my sewing space now.

I took Krista Hennebury's class Speed Date with Improv last Sunday.

Those are my blocks at the far right.

She demonstrated several improv techniques

and then encouraged us to put the all the parts together.

I've made many improv quilts before, but not in this style.

I was quite deliberate in matching up colour changes and lines in this piece.

It measures about 19 by 37 inches.

We were required to bring 5 inch squares in white and black and one other colour. 

I chose a light green that reads as a medium value, 

to contrast with both the black and the white.

I'm linking up with other Friday finishers at

Confessions of a Fabric Addict.