Starburst and More Bags!

I really enjoy being part of a quilting bee! I can't wait to show you my quilt top put together from when I was Queen Bee back in December. Oh, okay - here's a progress sneak peak!

I'm just waiting for two more blocks and then I can start sashing these beauties with black.

Reverse Rainbow Starburst for Sharon

Last month I sent this beautiful block to Sharon. I love the design she chose and particularly enjoyed making this one. Each Bee member chose a block from Sharon's 12 nominated colours (I chose bright pink - obviously - as I have lots of pink in my stash. Funny; I don't think of myself as a pink person. Apparently I am not a yellow person, as I have practically no yellow fabric!). I have put this on my list of quilts to make. One day.

We had three birthdays to wrap gifts for over the last 6 weeks. All of them were older children (well, over the age of 8!). My go to birthday gift at the moment is a custom made messenger bag (that sounds pretty special, doesn't it!), so two girly bags and one boy bag was gifted.

Denim Girly Bag and Retro Boy Bag

It was the first time that I made the main body of the bag from denim. I really liked it, though I neglected to pre wash the denim (tip: pre wash denim fabric!) and ended up with blue fingertips by the time the bag was put together. I washed one of the denim bags after its completion (thank you colour catchers!) and then spent a good twenty minutes ironing it so that it was wrinkle free (another reason to pre wash denim fabric!). I ran out of time with the second denim bag, so Zoe wrote a note to her friend who was to receive it explaining why two colour catcher sheets were included with the bag! I should volunteer to iron it after its first wash...