Two Finishes

Rain, rain go away ... it's supposed to be summer here in Australia.  After such an awfully hot day on Monday we've had solid rain for the rest of the week.  So many part of our country are flooding (again).  All we can do is stay indoors and I did a bit of sewing yesterday.  I needed to sew binding onto the table topper but was unsure how to mitre the corners as I've only ever mitred 90 degree corners on quilts.  Google came to the rescue - found this great video tutorial.

Not all the corners are perfect but they're ok.

34" x 34"

The girls in our on-line group chose great blocks and I'm really happy with how the table topper has turned out, except for a couple of my fabric choices because two of the blocks don't have enough contrast.  I love the "Oh Cherry Oh" fabrics - the same range I'm using for Sylvia's Bridal Sampler.

On Tuesday night, at stitching, I finished the punchneedle part of this bag.  It's a Rosalie Quinlan design called "Welcome Home Bag".  I received the pattern and starter kit when I went to the first Inspired Stitches a few years ago - took me a while to get around to making it.  I started doing this punchneedle when we were away on holidays - not the best activity for car travel.

6-1/2" x 8"

Might do some cutting out and tracing today.  It's our friend's birthday today so we will be going to her place for dinner tonight - should be a fun night.