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Friday was kind of a playing hookey day.  My goal was to get a customer quilt on the longarm machine, but the backing needed to be de-wrinkled.  Rather than ironing the backing which is huge, I layed it across my machine rollers and spritz it with water.  It releases the wrinkles but the drawback is that I have to wait for it to dry before I proceed.  So what to do?

I played with those silly triangle units from the quilt block exchange and found a layout for this teeney tiny "quilt"

Each of these squares measures 1.25" so .75" finished, but this is what I've come up with so far.  I guess I might have to add more red to create anything of usable size and at this point the only thing that comes to mind is a potholder. 

Next I worked on some hand quilting.  I am quilting my last placemat, there is an end in sight.  I am not a great hand quilter by any means, but done sounds good to me.  And it's been great practice on a very humble project.

I also went to one of our local churches for an alternative gift show.  The products featured are from SERRV where artists from impoverished countries are able to sell their crafts to better their futures.

I got 2 lovely baskets, this first one is a basket from Ghana

And the next one is a basket from Vietnam, near Ho Chi Minh City and this one is made from PAPER!