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These photos are of most of the things that I have made in the last few weeks:

A bib for my youngest nephew:

A shopping tote made from this pattern:

The bag was really quick to put together.  I pretty much followed the directions.  The only thing I did differently for this one was after boxing the corners, the instructions would have you just tack up the corners on the inside, instead of cutting off the excess fabric.  I just cut it off.  This bag has batting on the inside, but I think that next time I will forego the batting.  I can see if you wanted to carry this as a purse, you might want the batting.  I just want to use this a a shopping bag, so I think leaving the batting out would make the bag less bulky to carry.

Another project from the Patchwork, Please! book:

This is called the Diamond Patchwork Placemat.  I used foundation paper piecing to make the diamond panels on each side.  The middle fabric is linen and the prints are all Anna Maria Horner fabrics that came in a scrap bag that I ordered last week.  I didn't have a whole piece big enough for the back/binding, but I had two pieces of the same fabric that I was able to stitch together and use.

A ninja pouch for my oldest nephew:

I just love the ninja fabric!  I only bought a fat quarter and I think I've used most of it already.


Over the weekend, I also attended a workshop sponsored by the Chicago MQG and taught by Victoria Findlay Wolfe.  Of course, that probably deserves its own post, so more on that one later.