Mail Call Monday - The Outgoing Variety - Secret Sewing

Welcome to another installment of Mail Call Monday!!  This post is actually about Mail Call Monday in Reverse.  It's mail that I sent out and have been waiting for it to be received.

Here is the feedback...

Belinda:  JOY!!!!!!  "what a beautiful quilted box. will use it to hold weaving stuff. thank you so much."

Libby:  It arrived yesterday!  All those tiny pieces!  And my favorite color!  Perfect!

Here is what they got...

For Belinda, I started with some fun scrap piecing by adapting Fiona's tutorial for a QAYG fabric basket - I didn't use a Quilt-as-you-go method, nor did I use the same sized base piece:

Then I did some straight line quilting:

Presto-chango!  And add some binding:

I give you a quilted "yarn bowl":

A "brim" can be folded down, if the bowl is too tall to suit:

Up...

Or down...

It's a gift that I was pleased to give.  Use it any way you see fit, B, just know that it was made with love.

For Libby, I started with a handful of red 1" squares and a design:

The iPad photo was for pattern reference.  Sorry, unknown blogger!  I used your photo to check the angle positioning, not to mimic your quilt.  Notice:  My version is totally random and scrappy!

Then I started matching up pairs of squares:

And pairs of pairs which equaled rows:

Followed by pairs of rows - and sewed those to make halves:

The quilt top was assembled and flattened as best as possible:

You may remember this photo from a previous post:

Then it was on to figuring out the borders...

And doing the quilting:

You wouldn't think that something SEW small would take such a LONG time to complete.  Alas, that is how this project rolled.

Here is the complete mug rug:

Smile for the camera:

(A staged shot...) Ready to put into service:

Until next time...
Surprise a friend with sewing!!!