Aunt Clara quilt

An update on my Aunt Clara quilt I started in January, 6 rows done 51 to go.
Need
1624 Honeycomb/elongated hexagons
784 Black squares
Cut
325 honey
100 black
Tacked
253 honey
80 black
Sewn
106 honey
52 black

Hexagon pin cushion

A friend of mine brought me back a kit from England, a lovely hexagon pincushion, spent the last 2 days making it. Its rather large 4 1/2in high 6 1/2in across. Its made from 2 1/2in squares.

Scrappy Wreath

With the 3/4in an 1in red and green square scraps I have been fiddling with some scrappy wreaths. This is the 3/4in one finished, it is tiny, 1 3/4in circle. To make, take each square and fold in half then in half again, using strong cotton, thread sharp needle and thread each folded square onto the cotton, when you have 4in threaded tie cotton so the squares form a circle. Add ribbon for hanger and bow for decoration.

Still working on the 1in square one.

Half Inch Bag

With all the 1/2in strips I have sewn them all together with a straight stitch running all the way down the length, making sure I over lap the strips by at least 1/2inch. The stitch down the middle gives more stability to the strip. I'm using white thread but you could use all your odds and ends for it. I did think about using 3/4in strips but thought I would have to do a zig zag or 2 straight rows for it to sit right.
Here I'm doing the side gusset which I have cast on 15 stitches with 4mm needles, it comes out to just under 4in wide.  Will post when I get to the main part of the bag.
23/10 update Have just pulled it out and started with bigger needles,was too thick and heavy for a bag using 5 1/2mm needles now with 12 stitches for the side.

Holiday Post Again

It seems I only get to post on the holidays these days, hopefully this term I will have a bit more time to myself. Spent the first week of the holidays in Perth for Country week soccer, second place this year, well done to Geraldton who played so well for the tournament.
Adele has trials this weekend for the NTC again, all players have to retrial, I have said we wont travel much for the last term as we will move to Perth for next year and Adele can attend all the training and games.

Have spent my second week of the holidays trying to tackle this mess. 3 large tubs and a couple of small tubs of scraps, FQ's and strips.

Have cut them into the biggest strip or square I could. From 1/2 in upwards. Have separate blog posts for what I do with the strips.