Quaker Star and 6 x 6

I finished stitching this a couple of weeks ago. It was one over one on some 28ct Monaco from my stash.  Surprisingly it was a LOT of stitching.  The incomplete motifs are beyond the confines of the star shape.

On the back, I drew the stitching lines. I used an old, striped pillowcase for the backing fabric on which I'd fused some interfacing to give it a bit of heft. Then, with right sides together, I sewed along my drawn lines, leaving an opening on one of the bottom star legs for turning and stuffing.

I used to stitch a lot on Monaco but found it to be too thick for stitching over one.

After stuffing it  (it took a surprisingly large amount of stuffing), I added an afterthought hanger with some beading wire, a bunch of seed beads, a pearl bead and crimping bead at the top.

I mostly aligned the stripes vertically.

It looks pretty spiffy on my fridge. 

It's quite small - only about 3 1/2" across. I may stitch it again over 2 and use it as a tree topper.

I made a bigger checkerboard, zipper bag yesterday with quartered charm squares from the Promenade collection from 3 Sisters. There were more than enough charm squares for this project.

This time, 6 squares by 6 squares were used. Doing the math, 6 x 6 x 2 sides equals 72 total squares divided by 4 quarters of a charm square = 18 charm squares. I tried to balance the different colours.

I didn't quilt it this time as the fusible batting adhered nicely to the outer fabrics. I didn't round the top of the bag either. These two omissions made it a much faster project.

There wasn't enough companion fabric left to do the lining so I just used plain white. It measures about 12" x 9 3/4".

I simple, little zipper pull finishes it nicely.