Benji and the machine...

Good afternoon readers!

Well, I'm writing it in the afternoon anyway, even if you're not reading it then...

The house has been a whirlwind of activity with Saffy's 6th birthday (and year anniversary since my first quilt was made!) and school, and Beaver scouts and all sorts!

This week my middle boy Benji fancied a spot of sewing, so we cut a panel from some rooster fabric I'd bought the week before (bargain section, £1.54per metre) and got to it...

I'll have to upload photos of the completed quilt in another post, I took some photos but the memory card has eaten them!

Then he got even more adventurous - and fancied running up a cushion for Granddad - so he cut another smaller panel from the fabric and chose some camo fleece for the back and we made an envelope cushion cover in no time at all :-)

Benji's feet only just reach the pedal!  But he stitched all the straight edges and helped me take the pins out (but putting them in was a bit tricky, he says)

Here he is posing with the finished article - suffice to say Granddad is very impressed!

Now I'm off to sew some more on my quilts for the twins - I have PROMISED to get them done this weekend - but the ribbon I wanted to edge them with has not turned up yet :-( , but I SHALL be getting them quilted at the very least - photos to follow!