Monday make - selvedge panels

Lizzie and I will be going on our next sewing retreat at the end of July (ie in two month's time). Lizzie's first question when the retreat facebook group opened up was - what project are we doing together? Rosie Taylor Crafts released a new pattern last week which we decided was perfect for retreat. The Sew and Tell case has an optional selvedge front so I made up two panels yesterday to use for the case. 

I've never used selvedges but I have a lot of them put aside. I have cut the selvedges with 1" of the patterned fabric and I had also pressed them and put them all together in a bag. I selected those with strawberries and predominantly pinks and blues in them.  Though the large background strawberry selvedge threw me as it is the opposite way around to all of the other selvedges. I cut two rectangles of Bosal foam to size and stitched the selvedges down.  I trimmed them down to the size of the Bosal and stay stitched around the panels. 

They are now put away with the printed instructions and strawberry labels in a zip lock bag. Nearer to the time I will kit up the project with other fabrics, vinyl, zips and snaps ready to make on the first day of the retreat. 

I have also been doing some prep to progress two other projects. I have ordered some backing for the Ruby Star Society anniversary quilt in a bank holiday sale. The quilt top now needs to be pressed ready to quilt.

The Pumpkins and Potions ladder quilt by Kimberbell Designs is now pieced together and I have added borders to all four sides. I now need to add wadding to those borders ready to quilt the border and between the blocks. I found a black and white off cut of backing which is the perfect size for this quilt and I have loaded the backing ready on my long arm.

I have also started looking at my next large project on my Guild UFO list, which is A Quilty Christmas, also by Kimberbell Designs. I plan to make it into a Christmas ladder quilt and need to embroider a block a day or spend one day a week stitching multiple blocks. I located the embellishment kit so that is also bagged up ready to start. However, I should probably focus on finishing my two quilts in progress first. I also have a pair of shorts cut out which should be a fairly quick project to complete.