Thanks :) They were fun, I got to play with stuff on my machine I hadn't used before. Like my walking foot, and the button hole foot. The button hole foot works like the one on my old machine, only much better!
jacquemoe, the hot pad is a block from a book, "Marsha McCloskey's Block Party". The hanging towel I drew out a pattern for, then just appliqued one of the corners from the block.