Spoolin' Around & more finishes

I have some finishes to show off this week, starting with the 2023 Saturday Sampler, called Spoolin' Around.  This is going to hang on the wall near my sewing room doorway.

I really wanted to photograph this quilt outside, but 30 mph winds made that impossible.  Gotta love living on the prairie.  And of course it was overcast as well.  The fun thing about this Saturday Sampler was that we alternated each month with pieced blocks and applique blocks. Because everyone chose their own fabrics for this one, every quilt was unique at the end. 

The other finishes were a couple of mini quilts.  The Grow Banner is about 28" long by 8" high. I'm not sure yet where this will go, but I sure enjoyed making it. I even quilted some leaves above the lower case letters.  The strawberry is the mini version of the bigger blocks we're making in our Sew Vintage group.  This one is 7 x 9, and made entirely from 1.5" squares in my cookie tins full of that size square.  The bigger blocks will use 2.5" squares and we've been exchanging strips of the pinks and reds among our Sew Vintage group members.

The binding has been attached to 5 mug rugs, and that will provide some hand stitching to do in front of the TV in the evening for a couple of days.