Bits and Bobs

I have been doing some sewing - an I spy quilt for a customer, but I haven't yet taken a photo of it (and its downstairs waiting for the binding to be stitched on next time I watch TV and I'm upstairs!!!)

But I can show you the layout of Stained Down Under (which needs to be imagined with black sashing, not mother's cream carpet sashing)

And one of the Fun With Fabric ladies' finished floor cushion

And my very exciting new template ruler from Jill at TabSlot  that arrived this morning.  Jill sells acrylic templates and rulers from her ETSY shop, and will cut them to size.  I quite understand that this looks a strange template . . .

I wanted 73/4 inch sides, (13.5 inches side to side), but Jill's acrylic sheets are 12 x 24, so she couldn't cut the size I wanted.  If you look closely at the two right hand side corners (marked in white) she has cut the start of the final two sides, so I can use the template to cut 4 sides, then flip it around, swapping the two yellow angles with the two white angles, and cut the final two sides.

Less hassle than it sounds,and VERY exciting as not having had this template has resulted in my long planned hexagonal calender quilt being mothballed for several years, and now I can start working on it again - yippee!