A New Ironingboard Cover

A while ago, I joined an ironingboard cover swap run by Leonie.

Here's a photo of the one I made Leonie .... I should have photographed it before I put the elastic in because once the elastic was in, it didn't fit on my ironing board. The main part of this cover is the large flowery fabric.

And then in the mail. I received this beauty -

How cool is that selvedgey fabric!

My April Lucky Star

After sewing the wrong pieces together - because I was rushing - it turned out alright. Not my best work as the pink and grey points poke into the turquoise a bit too much. I probably just needed a bigger seam allowance.

And because I didn't get to this block in April, my May one has already arrived. I am going to try and get some bright green into the May one. I have only managed to use the bright green in one block out of the four I have made so far. I have also bought some darkish blue to use too.

In addition to sewing stars, I have signed up for an ironing board cover make and swap with Leonie of Sunshine x 3. Something different.

Take 2

This time I sewed the sides before the top and bottom!

These are now winging their way to Australia. I wonder what I will get in return. I will blend my rejects amongst them (-:

Say Cheese!

I made these for the 'Say Cheese!' polaroid block swap that Kristy has organised.

Then I remembered I was supposed to sew sides first, top and bottom last. Bugger. So these blocks are equivalent to the photos my Gran used to take. A 'Gran photo' (a term still used) is usually crooked, has someone's head cut off, and maybe part of the photographer's hand in the photo.

Bugger.