ANOTHER BASKET FOR ME

I needed something simple to do today.  I realized I really needed a basket to contain my scraps from my Improv That Block project.  I found some cotton clothesline and made a big basket for them.

 

STRINGS WORKSHOP

 This morning was the next Improv That Block workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood.  This month we are exploring String blocks.

I made two sets of strings, one dark and one light in value.  Then after the workshop I made this.  It's another Friendship Star block using those string sets.

I think it's moderately successful.  But, the good news is I have leftovers from the string sets to play with another time.

PIANO HINGE BOOK

I've been working on making a Handmade Book based on an Australian Piano Hinge with instructions from Sarah Matthews on Sketchbook Revival 2026. 

Held together with accordian hinges.

Covers made with some Batik fabric

Book block with accordian hinges.

ONCE UPON A TIME TOP

This morning I finished trimming the HST blocks to 4-1/2" and put them up onto the design wall.  These were made from a charm pack called Once Upon a Time with some Kona solids added to make the Half Square Triangle (HST) blocks.

After lunch I started sewing the rows together.  Then I sewed the rows to each other.  It is now a finished top, ready to be quilted, after I make a backing for it.

 

MUD CLOTH TABLE MAT

 I started with a piece of black fabric 24" by 36".  I cut randomly sized pieces from my collection of African Mud Cloth and fit them onto the black backing.  Then I zigzagged them down onto the backing, connecting them to each other also.

I cut some wide binding from the black Kona and bound it by machine.

It will now reside on our dining room table for a while.

ANOTHER HANDMADE BOOK

 Here's the second handmade book I made from a cookie box covered with some painted papers.  The signatures inside this one are made from mixed media papers.  The seven signatures are stitched in with a mixture of an 'X' stitch and Saddle stitches and beads. 

COOKIE BOX BOOK

 I stitched together the signatures made from leftover papers into a cover made from a cookie box.  The box was covered with paper I had painted and printed.  The closure uses some silk sari ribbon and an old button from my Grandma's Button Jar.

HAPPY PI DAY

It's Pi Day.  I've made several Pi quilts.

Here's my Pi quilt, Nine-Patch Pi. 

Okay, start at the upper left and count the colored squares...