Experimenting with Disappearing 9 Patch

Before getting started on this block, I thought I'd experiment in MS Paint:
Here are just a few so far; I haven't done any 'random' ones yet:

Caught the quilting bug!

Made this one today


Alhamdulillah.

Plantpot pincushion

I really like the tiny pincushions here and here. I made them with Flower but I wanted to make one that was larger and more practical.

To stop it falling over I added a tealight which I stuck to the bottom with a hot glue gun. This one is lavender scented.

Two layers of petals and then stuck inside with lots of glue.

Alhamdulillah

Log Cabin Cushion

It might not seem like much, but this is my very first log cabin block.

Alhamdulillah
I bought the two larger ones behind from 'Qalballah' - They really brighten up the room Masha-Allah!

The Old and the New

A kantha (pronounced 'kat-ha' with a slight nasal sound) is a traditional Bengali handmade quilt.

Here's some detail from a couple of handmade ones that we bought in Bangladesh - ideal for use in the summer.

I am so impressed by the way rural women transform old worn out saris or sheets into beautifully quilted kanthas. I asked my MIL for a couple of her old saris so I could have a try. She gave me a couple of cream ones; one really old one that was quite worn, so I used it as an interlining, and one that she had only worn once.

For the back I used an old tablecloth that an aunt of mine gave me years ago.

It was looking a rather drab and lifeless,

so I added patches in some Heather Bailey fabric, also binding.
It just needs some sort of quilting stitch now to hold it together.

Lately I've found myself becoming inexplicably fascinated by quilts and quilting. I've spent hours drooling over quilting blogs, learning about different kinds of quilts and terminology. There's something about neatly folded piles of fabric, that modern day quilters can't seem to resist...