His and Her Placemats

Made a set of placemats for Nicole and another for my son Peter and his gal Jess.  I wish I could tell you where I got the witch feet pattern--I found them on a blog sometime in August while I was carrying for Paddie and my mother.  I believe the quilter was sharing this pattern for a wallhanging but I liked the idea of Halloween placemats.  I've looked and looked for that blog and can't find it which is unfortunate as I like to share these things with my other quilters.  The Franken feet I drew.   I hope the kids will get a kick out of them.

Err on the side of caution......

I had this Easter Egg fat quarter for years and didn't use it. It was part of my "good stash" and I was saving it. It's a bad habit I'm trying to break. So I started making Easter Egg child-sized placemats. Originally, I was making 3. I figured if I was making 1 for Helena, might as well make a few. I like to do more than one when I make something. I usually won't make it again so that way I have a few in the stockpile.


(This is the back side.)
I am glad I worked on 3 because I ended up cutting my finger with the rotary cutter and two of the placemats were soiled and ruined. This is the one that was left:

Fortunately, Helena has her Easter egg placemat!

For Helena...My Sweet Cupcake

Well Helena's cupcake ensemble is finally done. As you may recall, I had been learning machine applique which is easier on my carpel tunnel. I made so many cupcakes (in the pursuit of figuring out how one does this technique) that I made the original wall hanging and then some pillows, then a placemat. I have two cupcakes left that I will probably make into a tote. One last is on my bulletin board, for Helena's someday quilt.