Catching up

 Do you ever make something and then forget to post it? Seems I have, LOL.  Well it wasn't that long ago but other items made their way here first.  If you are a follower you have seen me make these first two before so mainly I am posting them for my own knowledge in the future;) 

In smaller wall hangings I sometimes use triangles made from folding a square for the hanging sleeve. That way you only have to hand sew three stitches at the tip of each triangle. 

This is a pattern by Karen Walker of Laugh yourself into stitches.

Next up is this Halloween wall hanging. Who doesn't love gingham pumpkins!

Cute polka dots for the backing. This pattern is a Primrose Cottage design.

And I pulled out the maple leaf quilt I was working on this past winter. All I needed was the border. Well actually two borders. I decided to do a 1.5" black w/orange dots first, the same as in the four patch sashings. And then a wider gold print for the last border. It's already for quilting, maybe this week!

In between projects I decided to try doing leader enders again. It has not worked well for me in the past as I tend to forget to use them as it is so easy to hit the scissors button on my sewing machine! But this time it worked well for several days. These squares have been cut in the last 2-3 years and waiting their turn to be turned into a lap quilt for donation. Some were sewn into pairs already so that helped speed things up a bit. The plan is to do a tan solid rectangle in between the homespun blocks. I added a few more blocks since I snapped this photo.

Maybe I'll be back on Wednesday with another finish of something new;) I have lots I want to get done this week!

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell Monday and Design Wall Monday.