A good day's sewing.

Today I finished off an Aussie Hero Quilt, ready to be sent to a person serving on one of our Navy ships.  I did this as a disappearing 9 patch, a block I hadnt tried before, and I enjoyed doing it.  Think I will do another one very soon.

 I added some embroidery to give it a touch of Aussie - the stylised map of Australia

 and the Southern Cross.

I also made a laundry bag to accompany it on its sea journey.

This panel worked out very well for a laundry bag.  I put one seam in the centre back instead of the usual 2 side seams.

I also finished off this month's project from Sewing Club at Sew This and That.  I had almost finished it at the class, so just needed to do the final assembly.

 The folder is to keep our Sewing Club notes in.  Just what I need to help tame the papers in my sewing room.  The words were to be appliqued, but  I chose to  embroider them.  Otherwise I think it would have ended up being a next year's UFO.  (so fiddly).

 The sewing machine  is pieced, lots of small odd shaped pieces sewn together to make it.  It went together into the right shape, surprisingly.  It then has 2 layers of pellon under the machine part to give it a puffed trapunto look.

These 3 fabrics are ones I bought at NikkiTervo's shop when Joy, Wendy and I visited her last week.  I thought the background button piece would suit the folder perfectly, then found the other pieces to coordinate with it.