Sewing and a present

This is a darling "Lil Twister" quilt I received last week from my blogging friend Helen. We were trading some ideas, and this cute quilt showed up in my mail.  It is made with Australian fabric.  I absolutely love it.  Helen is in need of support, as her husband and son, each have health issues.  I am sending my thoughts and prayers to her.

Here are my last blocks that will wing their way to France later today.  My friend Isabelle, and I are doing Bonnie Hunter's, Oregon or Bust.  We are making each other 2 blocks a month, using our stash.  We each make 2 identical blocks, one for me and one for her.  This is so much fun, and a great way to make a full size quilt!

Saturday and Sunday I worked on these. They are called "Farmer's Market" and are table mats from the magazine "All Small" put out by Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications.  When I saw this I felt like I just needed to make them.  It was a fun "small" project.

This quilt, "Cottage Garden Path" was an online pattern of the month back in 2006.  It is published by Jeanne Rae Crafts. She has this pattern for sale now.  I had fun making the quilt.  It was a project I had worked on, and when I moved got put away.  One day while going through a box of projects, found it and to my amazement only needed to have the bottom row put on and borders added.  This weekend, I finally got the binding sewed on.  Another older project DONE!!!  What a a great feeling that is.

I did get some of my sewing space cleaned up.  I am trying to get reorganized and rearranged.  Now that I have had the sewing space for almost 5 years, I can see how I would like things to be.  Time to start working on it.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  I am off the the post office, and to see my Dad.  Looks like a bit of a rainy and gloomy day.  We can sure use the rain. Have a good week sewing or quilting or whatever your hearts desire is.

Mary