A few finishes

Hey buds! It's a bee-utiful day today here! Ok, still a bit chilly, but the sun is shining! Also, it rained a lot yesterday so a lot of the snow melted away. AND, it's March 1st, spring is not far behind!

I finished my little teacup table topper. I think it came out great!

I had a hard time figuring out what to use for the binding. Ideally I wanted something green...but I didn't have anything appropriate in my stash, so I went back and forth with a few other options. Finally I decided on a red with white polka dots (one of my favorite fabrics), but I only have a teensy bit of it left. Instead, I cut 16 charm squares in half, pieced them all together and made a binding strip that way. Took a little extra time but I like the result. Here, you can see it better on the back. (Backing fabric from the Fresh Palette line.)

 I did an allover stippling for the quilting pattern, which has become fun to do!

The pink polka dot fabric I used for the inner border is from Lakehouse; and you may recognize the outer border from this project. I adore this fabric!

I also wanted to show you a pot holder I made for my sister Kathleen. I gave it to her as one of her birthday presents last week.

It's the first potholder I ever made. I've had that cherries panel forever, it was just waiting for the perfect project to come along. The pattern was in Quilts and More magazine (I believe it was the winter issue??). It was easy as pie, I'll definitely be making more of these!

Ok all, off I go--have a fabulous day!

♥ Jen