A totally different project!

 I stepped out of my comfort zone last week and tackled a cover for my new to me Kitchen Aid mixer that my husband found for me at a yard this spring when I was visiting a friend :-).  My old trusty mixer that I bought at an auction years and years ago died and could not be fixed anymore.  My friend Audrey and I did the July shop hop in Southern Ontario together over two days and I saw a By Annie pattern for this cover.  I finally tackled it with my friend Joan coming over to give me tips and encourage me to stick to it ☺.  It was quite a challenge, but came together very nicely.

Lots of pockets in the cover and soft and stable inside.

I added a vinyl mesh pocket instead of the stretchy mesh as I had this in the house.

I didn't put in the zippered pockets and handle on the top.  The beaters are stored in the pockets.

 

A Comfort Quilt

 I finally got to blogging again!  I finished a comfort quilt from a work day at my small quilt guild, Hearts and Hands of Elgin County, challenged us to use one of the three yard patterns from the popular books.  We usually use 1 1/4 yards to make them a bit larger.  These quilts are donated to the local hospital where the chemo patients get to choose one from a variety of quilts.  They bring a lot of comfort at a stressful time. 

I chose these three prints (they are more pink than the photo shows!).  I couldn't find a three yard quilt pattern to use as I didn't want to cut that beautiful floral fabric too small so used it as a focus print and just added borders.

                               

I used my new Juki machine to quilt it with funky flowers.

The back is actually a light blue!

 

This picture at our guild meeting shows the back colour a lot better.

The front with the binding added.