Microwave Bowl Cozy

Some friends asked me to make them a couple of these.  Not my favorite to sew, but after a practice pair for us, I think their's turned out quite well and they seemed happy with them.

I used fabrics left from Ella's polka dot quilt to make ours out of 10" squares.

Bill thought they might be a little small, so I made their's out of 11" squares.  Bill found the focus fabric at the VT quilt show and I bought two fat quarters.  The solid yellow fabric came from my stash.

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Ella Makes Her First Quilt

After spending a wonderful Thanksgiving day in Gorham, I returned today to do some sewing with Ella.  Aunt Paula worked with her this morning, teaching her how to use the sewing machine and I took over when I arrived around 11:00.  

First off, Ella selected her fabrics from my stash of "leftovers" from my previous projects.  She selected quite a nice assortment, then proceeded to iron each piece.  It was much easier once we lowered the board.

She laid the pieces out on the floor in the order she wanted and then proceeded stitching them together.

This is the first two pieces going together with great concentration.  The white with pink swirls was used in the border of her pink polka dot quilt.

She's sewing it to a fabric that was used in one of the monkey quilts; I can't remember if it was hers or her dad's.  There are several strips of Olaf fabrics, used in her Olaf quilt.

We took turns, sewing and ironing throughout the afternoon.  She was very attentive when sewing the final strips together.

Ta Da!

The size was determined by the smallest strip, which was one of the Olaf fabrics and it's not quite large enough to use as a quilt, so Aunt Paula spent tomorrow helping her add a couple of 4" borders and completing the binding.

It was a group project, made with lots of love.  

Well done, Ella! and thanks to Aunt Paula for all her help!  Hopefully, it will be the first of many sewing/quilting projects for Ella ;o)

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