a bag, spex cases and a quilt

I played around with the leather bits I showed back in my January makes post. I wanted to make myself a bag so I sewed them on to a piece of calico to help keep them stable. As it's leather, I didn't need to turn under the edges - thankfully! I tried to keep the amount of overlapped leather to a maximum of 2 pieces as the sewing machine didn't much care for more than 2 layers.

I made 2 pieces the same size:

Then I sewed them together to make my bag. I am sooooo happy with the way it turned out.

I made myself some new spex cases. I don't need three - the first one I made was a bit smaller than I meant it to be so the spex were a really tight fit. It's not a problem as the spex I use for cross-stitching are smaller than my normal spex so the new case fits those perfectly!

I finished the Supernova top. I wasn't totally happy with it. Can you see why?

Here's an arrow pointing to the mistake! That star's legs are definitely not right! Woops!

I also wasn't happy with the way the white legs of the big stars just got cut off (see at Douglas's right slipper for an example of what I mean) so I decided I would finish those off. Then after doing that, I decided I needed another outer row to make the star "float" - it wouldn't just end at the outside of the quilt top. Clear as mud? I know!

This is what it looks like now.

I then pinned it to the bump and backing ready for quilting - a mammoth task on an ordinary sewing machine.

I've started the quilting but have to take it a little at a time as it's a big quilt to move around - 76" square. I'll get there and, when it's finally done, I am absolutely certain it'll be FAB-U-LOUS! (if I do say so myself! LOL)