Cute Pouch and Flange Binding

A friend had hip surgery last week and I needed a fun and quick gift. She's a quilter so I know she'll get a kick out of it. I'll try to find some fall goodies to put in it. Perhaps a fall candle and lotion.

This is a kit from Connecting Threads--pattern included. There's enough fabric for at least four pouches. I like that they are lined. I should have shown you the orange fabric inside.

 The little ladies each have names: Faith, Hope and Charity.

They also have these matching zipper tab (extra charge but cheap).

Then I finished up a project that's been left hanging in the closet. The top was finished about two years ago, but I never got around to quilting it. This was a experiment. I pressed all the seams open to see how flat it would lay. Believe me it does. I should have picked a project with bigger blocks to practice this technique. The squares are 1 inch.

To add to my testing experience I decided to add the flanged binding. It's wonderful using the machine to do all the work on the binding. This was a great time to put those red clips to good use. It just buzzed along.

Marcy