Woo Hoo!
I've finally got the top finished
Sorry for the rubbish photo but I am so excited about finishing it I just had to let you all know, even though I will be turning into a pumpkin in less than 7 minutes (actually I turned into a pumpking whilst I was editing this post, but who cares )

The little dots of red scattered about the white border are more of the 1" squares (I've gone right off quarter square triangles at that size in that fabric, they were being right argumentative with me today )

For the ESS should I use white masterpiece or monopoly invisible? (I suppose I could always go and check what CN says on the craftsy class...)

My major problem is wondering what colour to do the binding in (and I hope nobody declares that it ought to be green, because there is no more of that fabric at all, not even slivers to send off for matching to. I was considering red, but since I laid it out for photographing I think that yellow would probably work better - what ever I go for I will have to dye (unless I go for white ) Unless I go for a knife edge finish....

Thank you everybody for your kind words - you really know how to make a girl feel good!
Happy Easter and hope you can all enjoy a long sewing week-end. Even if you do have to work hope you get a bit of time at your machine.
I have been away from my machine for a little while dealing with a health issue but will now get back with a vengeance so my poor machines won't know what has hit them. No Easter Break for them! May spring be just around the corner for everybody!
(BTW love your chicks, Lotti, and all the fun smilies that turns up round and about)

Marianne

twiglet wrote: Indeed!!!

twiglet wrote:
I suppose you are referring to Lotti's new avatar or was it Becky's creations?

Smashing and love the feathers. Very creative

Yup, definitely too hard on yourself! Love that quilting!

I like your basket. Fresh colors. I think you are too hard on yourself

Grate basket Marianne! And thank you for sharing how you did it. Love the quilting!

I like your creativity. Looking forward to seeing the next project..

Sweet Sixteen basket continued:

The pattern for this style of basket/bag has been running around the web for several years some made with 22 squares and some with 16. I have made 2 bags using 22 squares with various success so thought I would try a simpler version with bigger squares but I am not happy with the result so have just gained a bit of space on my hard drive. I tried to be VERY careful with the valleys along the top edge, even basted the lining in but with very little success. I can't even be bothered to top-stitch because I know it will look even worse but I will put this basket in the pile of LTPs (learning-technique-project) and use it to pile stuff into - it could even be a fancy waste-paper basket; it is big enough.
I did the FMQ without making anything but spines which is a first for me. I used Linda Thielfold's cat-claw way of feathering but found when I did pre-stitch drawings that I liked this way much better when I made the "real" feather small and the claw very large backtracking a bit on the previous claw (clear as mud ain't it) - anyhow I am proud of those

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Not so proud of how my blocks finished off but I found a way of joining them (not all the same size ) I cheated and ironed freezer paper squares (all the same size) onto the blocks and stretched a bit here and there before sewing them together with the paper in place and on others (shame on me) cut off a few points here and there but as Rosemary says who will notice when they whizz through my sewing/reading room/office cum kitchen/family area - not a soul (I hope) 0:-)
Next project will be a sewing machine cover - that should cut the 100-16 blocks that remain down even further.
Marianne

My first project using blocks from the class is now finished. A "Sweet Sixteen" basket.


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I used left over solid fabrics cut into squares to make up the lining. It is supposed to be reversible but mine isn't - I should have quilted the lining as well as the outer shell
It seems I cannot post more than 3 photos in one message so I will make this into a soap opera and continue further down
Marianne

Look forward to seeing it, Rosemary!

Finishing the big one would be a good start!