A Little Quilt plus some Dribs & Drabs

A week or so ago my friend Ashley MacQuarrie posted this picture of her pet hedgehog, Rilo:

with the caption:

Rilo the blanket hog.

My first thought was that Rilo needed a quilt.

So I sat down at my machine & reached into the scrap bag and started sewing.

A little sewing, cutting, pressing & sewing later:

Just need to put some binding on it

and away to Oregon it goes!

Since I seem to be in a bit of a scrap-using mood this month, I did the same with some yarn and made this 'dribs & drabs' happy bowl.  Since I wasn't sure what yarn I would be using, I decided to add some cotton string into this one.  It ended up being very sturdy!

Hmm, maybe Rilo needs a happy bowl too.

What do you think?

I'm linking up with

the 2014 NewFO Challenge at Cat Patches.

Check out what everyone else has been up to this month!

sue

The Final 2013 NewFOs!

This is it.

The final post for the 2013 NewFO Challenge

at Cat Patches.

The first will possibly be a table runner.

Or maybe I'll add more to it &

make it a lap quilt.

I haven't quite decided.

The Christmas fabric squares were gifted to me from one of my guild members.

There weren't an equal amount of the different fabrics, so I had a bit of a challenge figuring out the placement.

These are on their way to becoming coasters:

Somewhere online I saw a post about this iron-on vinyl,

made by Heat n Bond.

Now you can see it on the right, before ironing.

I don't have an "after" picture yet - I chickened out!  I had visions of a vinyl-coated iron...

But I promise, I will show them again, when they're finished.  Honest, I will.

I did crochet a few scarves & did one fleece scarf with a lighthouse appliqued on each end, as well as crocheted several of my Happy Bowls, but I forgot to photograph them before they were given as prezzies.

So, that's it for me.

Thanks Barbara, for hosting the NewFO Challenge 2013 - and for doing it again in 2014.  You really are helping me keep on my creative side!

Happy New Year everyone!!

sue