Ruler Bag for Susan

I made this ruler bag for my friend, Susan, for her birthday. She loves batik fabrics about as much as I do, so not only did I make this bag out of batiks, but I wrapped it in a fat quarter batik that had lighthouses on the fabric because Susan likes lighthouses. I tucked 2 more batik fabrics into a couple of the pockets that were nautical themed as well. The front of bag has 1 patch pocket, a slit pocket and under the top flap is a pocket that holds the long 6" x 24" ruler. I braided the handle and appliquéd a flower too. Back of bag with 2 patch pockets:Front close-up:

Front close-up:

Close-up of back:Close-up of front flap and braided handle:

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The Herb & Onion; The Urban Onion Quilt

The Herb and Onion; The Urban Onion quilt I made for a quilt challenge from my quilt guild. The story of this quilt I wrote on the label in the last photo.

Label on the back of quilt, which tells the story of this quilt:

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Flower Appliqué Quilt

I belong to an appliqué group and Jeanne from our group drew this flower design for us to appliqué. We also got together one day to dye fabric for this appliqué too. I used only fabrics that we dyed from that day, except for the yellow I already had dyed previously. Close-up:

Close-up:

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Heart Appliqué

 Appliqué heart: Pin It Now!

Appliqué Flower Quilt

I made this quilt (from book called Magic Vine by Eleanor Burns) in handyed fabrics and I appliquéd the flowers all by hand. I machine quilted and made a scalloped binding, added a few beads too. Pin It Now!

Ruler Bag

Back of ruler bag: has a large and small pocket sewn on top: Front of ruler bag also has a small and large pocket sewn on top, plus under the top flap is pocket for holding 24" ruler, and in middle of bag (green binding) is a pocket for the 6" x 12" ruler. This hangs in my sewing room, but can easily be taken with me to a class or quilt retreat.

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Prickly Pear Appliqué Blocks

The pattern for this (Prickly Pears from Karen Stone) called for making 12 blocks, like I made above. For some weird reason that I don't even recall, I made 14 blocks (below). So I need to take 2 away and do something else with the extra 2. Problem is I don't know which 2 to remove. Or I may end up doing this setting below, with all 14 blocks? I doubt I have enough fabric for the corners though. While I figure this out, it will go back into the UFO box. *sigh* Pin It Now!