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This is another of my Mom's projects. She had all of the embroideries complete and even some of the quilting. I finished the quilting, binding and even and enough left to make an apron with a stray Embroidery. When I showed it all to my Mom she said that is exactly what she was thinking she would do with the stray embroidery.

My daughter wanted a blue and white tree skirt. I got this one done early. Might be a first.

My first attempt at a log cabin quilt was many years ago. It was hand pieced, tied and bagged by machine. I still have it but wanted to try some of the new quilting techniques I have learned since undertaking this new hobby before making a new log cabin quilt ( on my to-do list). From my leftover fabrics, I pulled out pieces of red, blue, white -- mostly primary prints to stitch together the log cabin bag. I used • 2-5" squares red print (blocks) • 18-5" squares total assorted cream/yellow prints and light blue prints (blocks) • 18-5" squares total assorted blue prints and black prints (blocks) • 2 store bought red/white stripe heavy duty twine for bag handles -- about 14" • 3⁄8 yard lining print • 3⁄8 yard 1/4" batting My individual finished blocks turned out to be about 3 1/2" square. I used 42" fabric width and precut 5" squares. I used a basic bag pattern and adjusted the blocks to fit the size that I needed. Then quilted it by stitching in the ditch.

I have been dabbling in multiple projects (again). This week, I decided to make a couple of floor pillows for a toddler, inspired by a posting I had saved on Pinterest (search, "Toddler Floor Pillows"). I used 2-inch by 16-inch high-density foam inserts, and built my covers around those. I wanted them to be very durable, so I interfaced my pre-washed quilting cotton pieces, double-stitched all seams, and finished the seam raw edges with a two-step zigzag. I used a heavy-duty purse zipper for each cover, as well as woven belting fora carry strap. The second photo is in black and white so that the fabric details show up better. These will be shipped to the Little, in short order.