Two finishes..

Yes people, two finishes. 

First my latest scrapper, which I have been calling 'something floral' since before I even knew what the design would be. It's still called something floral, because I can't come up with a pretty name for it. LOL

It ended up with three borders, the plain cream, a scrappy floral border and then a wider patterned border.

I'm very pleased with how this one worked out. It's still hanging in the hall way, while I decide if I'm going to quilt it right away, or add it to the pile. 

Meanwhile, as there was still plenty of daylight left yesterday afternoon, I got on with another project that has been percolating at the back of my mind.

A few weeks ago I did some unsewing, pulling apart an old work top, which I used yesterday as a pattern to make a new work top. Late in the day I had to do a little more unsewing as that that seam across the front was not playing nicely, and as it was nearly time for making dinner it was put aside once the unsewing was done. I finished it off this morning. The neckline is still not perfect, but it's better than it was.

Whaddaya think?

The tie dye effect fabric is from one of my op shop hauls, the back is a plain black dress makers poplin from the shop with the big red spot, and the piping was reclaimed from the top I pulled apart. So a very cheap experiment.

I learned a few lessons along the way and will make a few tweaks during my next attempt.

Yes, there will be a next attempt.

And finally, when I went into my room this morning to finish my top, I noticed that someone had been in the bin!

A certain furry member of this family has a real liking for the cellophane wrappers that come around some brands of sewing cotton. She regularly checks the bin to see if there are any new ones.

There was, I found it under my sewing table.......

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Well, that's all of my news, I'm off to read the instructions for the Churn dash blocks.

Then I have to go to work.