For my last birthday, my sister gave me a friendship quilt, though it wasn’t all put together yet. It’s one of the best gifts I’ve ever been given – a quilt made up of squares that my friends embroidered for me! Tara (my sister) organized the whole thing, and my friends each handmade a square. It was very neat to open each one out and see how each reflected the personality of the giver! Anyway, I am writing this because yesterday my sister finished sewing it all together, and I thought I’d post a couple pictures of it.
Here she is basting in the batting (that’s the back of the quilt)
The finished quilt (sorry the picture is a little dark)
And there was an unexpected benefit that came with this quilt as far as Tara is concerned – she’s found that she’s hooked on quilting! 
I mentioned in my post, “Random Musings on Aprons,” that I was making myself a “frilly” apron. Well, true to my word, I did! One thing I learned – I do not enjoy sewing with stripes! But I am still happy with the way it turned out. And here are a couple of pictures:
If you like this apron, I made it with Butterick brand pattern #6816 (don’t laugh, it’s a Mrs. Santa pattern) out of calico fabric. If you would like to make it exactly as I did, I made my own ruffles instead of using eyelet trim as it calls for in the pattern (it includes a “guide for ruffle” for each of the different ruffles and I just used those as if they were regular pattern pieces, and then made very narrow hems along the bottoms). I also did two pockets instead of one, and did not put ruffles on the pockets, and I just cut my own instead of using the pattern piece provided (but you could use either).
I think the only thing I did differently as far as the actual sewing was that it said to leave one section open on the strap (by the ruffle) for turning it inside out but I didn’t and just sewed it and it worked fine (hope that made sense). By the way, for keeping the shoulder ruffles from getting caught in the stitching, it works well to sort of roll them away from where you will be sewing and pin them in place. I think that was all!
If you don’t know how or don’t want to sew one, there are some lovely feminine aprons here:www.AmeliasAprons.com and www.RosesAndTeacups.com
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