Fun with pins

It's that time again - 

I'm joining in on the fun over at CAT PATCHES

for the October NewFO Party.

I made this pincushion for my Secret Pal at quilt guild.

Our theme for October was animal print or nature.

Since I hadn't made her a pincushion, this is what I came up with:

I found that button in one of my button tins & thought it went just right - what do you think?

Check out the rest of the party here.

Hope you enjoyed a very Happy Halloween!

sue

June NewFOs!

Hooray - I have some things to share this time!

First, I did a bunch of binding, that will go onto the blue & white quilt that is currently with the long-armer.

Next, I made some cloth napkins & napkin rings from buttons.  The napkins are 2 layers of really soft flannel.

This next block will become a throw pillow cover soon.

I used one block from the Generation Q Magazine

Playdate paper pieced pattern, 

"Extra Olives, Please" by Robin Koehler.

It's been a while since I've done any paper piecing, but once I got into the swing, it went pretty quickly.

I'm going to add a border of the blue to finish it off.

And last, but not least, I've been doing some

free-piecing with my scraps.

This one will end up with a dish towel on the back

to be used as a dish drainer on the counter.

I'm linking up to Cat Patches' June NewFO linky party!

Stay cool!

sue