Presents from Secret Santa

As for last year, I took part in a Secret Santa exchange of quilt related presents on BQL. I received this very nice and clever square, with the hanger. It is quilted and the elephant is a little button. The black tree was appliqued. I should cherish this for a long time.

I myself made a present for a lady called Sue S who lives in France. Kandy who runs the group, told me the choice was made quite by accident as she uses the computer to determine who should send to who.

 She chose jewel colours as her preference, so that's what I used. I made a jewellery roll and 6 coasters.

The coasters and the back of one.

There is space for rings.

When open you can see the red fabric flap which I designed to pin earings, or brooches.

I believe she liked her present, and I hope she will use it for a long time.
This Secret Santa exchange is really a great idea.

Japanese jewellery roll

I have made a second jewellery roll as a present for Karine in San Francisco who received our family for a lovely holiday.

I made the previous one at the beginning of the year, and exchanged the 2 fabrics previously used.

I also decided not to hand quilt this one as it would have taken me much longer. The result is more flat, which can be an advantage when you are travelling.

The zips are blue and the lining fabric is green. There are 2 inside pockets, and the tube is a ring holder.

I used a velvet ribbon to close it, very neat.

I wonder if I will make more of these as they are a nice present....and useful too.

My new japanese jewellery roll

In our patchwork group we started this jewellery roll, I must precise it was on my demand as a subject for one of the evenings.

The color is darker than on the photo.

I have used 2 long quarters of japanese fabrics. I think I bought them at Malvern last year.

I love the result. The outside is hand quilted with some silver metallic thread.

I'm going to keep it for myself.