1st attempt at Quilting

After borrowing a book on quilting from the library last year I felt inspired to make a cot quilt.

I ended up having more fabric than necessary so I decided to add an extra panel, meaning it's square, not rectangular (and hence, not really a cot quilt anymore.)

I think if a real quilter saw it up close they would quite possibly cry. The stitching isn't straight, some of the squares ended up smaller than others, I didn't want to fork out $70 for a quilting foot for my machine which means the stitching through the quilt leaves a lot to be desired, I had no idea what I was doing with the binding etc etc... from a distance it doesn't look too shabby though.

Rice Heat Therapy Packs

In my festive frugality before Christmas I decided to make some rice heat packs after seeing this tutorial at Sew Mama Sew:
http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=280

I made about 20-25 all up and gave them to just about everyone I know (Yes, I went a little overboard, but they were so much fun to make!)

Unfortunately it didn't occur to me to take photos until after I'd given most of them away as gifts