I made these using my potholder tutorial. The only difference is that I quilted the top to the insul-bright batting and then sewed that sandwich to the back. Speaking of the back, I used some old jeans as backing fabric. I'm happy with the way the patchwork looks with the denim. Has a kinda Gees Bend-y look to it.
More Scrappy Kitchen Goodness:
Inspired by the green of spring, Stacey made this darling tea cozy for her kitchen project. Tutorial here.
Bridget made a peg bag (clothes pins to us Americans.) There are directions on her blog.
This is E.L's quilt top. She made it for her daughter.
Leanne finished hers right in time for her newborn son. Congrats Leanne!
This is Stacey's
This is Bridget's
Or have you? Hmmm. 
Hope you had a great weekend!
Thanks to Audrey, Jennifer and my mom for helping me get the cinching thing right. I'm happy to report all of my bags, including my most recent 2, are cinchers! Here are the 2 new ones I made. This light pink one is for Eva. I used the rest of the sparkly butterfly fabric in the bag. I kept the bag in pastel pinks to keep with her current princess, fairy, ballerina, all 3 at the same time, magical, fairy tale phase. It's an entertaining phase, that much is for sure. Last week she looked at me seriously and asked, "Mom, do you think I'm graceful?" Where do they come up with this stuff?
Pink Penguin has a flickr group for projects made from her tutorials. Take a look through it. There are some inspiring pieces in there. I also found another flickr group called, Nothing but Scraps. Good ideas to be found there too.
I'm still really into making bags. Have you made one yet? This one is really tempting me. Wouldn't it be a cute Easter Basket?
It sure is. Another reversible patchwork bag, 2 more almost done. These are fun to make, people. Give it a try. I used 4 inch blocks for this one. It finished at 13.5 inches square. It's a nice size. This one is going to one of Eva's friends who is turning 5 at the end of the month. I'm going to put a few books inside. For the inside of this bag I used a piece of poly-cotton my mom gave me. I think it's from the 1980s. Isn't it sweet? It feels so soft, like a comfy nightie or PJs. I am having a slight problem, though. I can't get my bag to cinch. When I pull the cords it does nothing. Anyone know how to make the cords cinch the bag shut?
On Saturday morning we went to the farmers' market. It is full of beautiful spring flowers, produce, meats and cheeses. There was also an antique market going on. I could have wandered through that all day. I can never resist the first primroses of spring, so we each chose one to put in the planter by our front door. Can you figure out whose is whose?
On Sunday it was nice enough for me to hang out the laundry on our clothes line. To me this is a great pleasure. I love the smell of the clothes and the look of the items blowing in the breeze. I also like the process of it, hanging, checking, clothes pins, baskets, Audrey running under the sheets - all good! Bryce got out the mower and we all spent some time in the back yard. It was extremely pleasant.
I also crawled out of my sewing funk, by making my first reversible patchwork bag. This is a wonderful and very forgiving pattern therefore, the bag turns out great! So cute. It was fun to make and not too time consuming at all. For this first one I used some squares I had left from the Charm Quilt Scrap Exchange. One side of the bag is in blues the other in reds. I have squares cut out for 3 more. I increased the square size from 2.5 inches to 4 in order to make a bigger bag. Have you tried this pattern yet? It is addicting. You won't be disappointed with the results. More pictures here.
How was your weekend?
Laura is using a Water Wheel pattern for her quilt. Laura, I sent you a package today. Actually it's for your bun (that's in the oven) and Ava. 
Bridget is hand quilting hers. And kicking ass, I might add.
Jennifer made some pillow shams to go with her quilt. She has some super quilting tutorials on her blog.
Leanne's random piecing is taking on a very cool retro look.
Let me fill in the holes - Lou Ellen's daughter, Stacy, is my good friend, we were roommates in college. As roommates Stacy and I discovered that we both still slept with our childhood blankies. Both of our blankies had been repaired numerous time. My mom had sewn several new sheets of flannel over the patchwork side of mine. And Stacy's Grandma and Mom were responsible for keeping her blankie in working order.
This is a 4 patch with sashing and a wide border.
E.L. mentioned that she wanted to use a Chinese Coin pattern. A great idea with charm fabric.
Found this in the book, Fat Quarter Quilts by M'liss Hawley. The pattern is called Triangles and Confetti. If you're interested in this one, email me and I'll send you the directions.
Audrey found this trapezoid pattern along with some other possibilities at this site.
This baby size quilt is made with 135, 3 inch squares. It is 9 squares by 15 squares. The border is 3 inches wide, finished. Since we're getting 250 squares, it is nearly possible to make 2 of these quilts. This is what I'm going to do. I'm thinking 1 with pastels and 1 with brights.
Kayce is making hers by alternating her charm squares with a neutral beige square.
Carrie is putting white sashing around each charm square.
