I thought I would show you what I have been making. I made the keychain for a lady here on the board and it has been sent. Then I made the black stars checkbook cover and it was mailed.
In between putting templates together and mailing them LOL I have been working on two more orders.

This one is for 3 checkbook covers and 2 eyeglass cases and 1 hotpad. Here you see the hotpad laid out to be sewn together. These are Kansas Dugout blocks. The pattern I saw in a magazine called the quilt she made Ripples. So I tend to think of Ripples when I do this pattern. Two of the tops on the right side will be eyeglass cases and the other one is a checkbook cover. Then I have 2 more checkbook covers to do.
Tomarrow I will hopefully get the hotpad done and make the tops into the checkbooks and eyeglass case.

I lay out the blocks and then sew them into 4 patches and then sew the 4 patches together and so on til I have them all sewn together into a top.

Love your work Rhonda.

My friend Dorothy makes the Kansas Dugouts for me and then I get to sit down and play with them. Then I make them into whatever item I need them to be.

Just don't look at the mistakes!! LOL Oh well nobody is perfect!! LOL

Thanks! Now just to moving so I get it all done!! Then on to the next one! LOL

I really like the Kansas Dugouts. Cool!

Those are sooo cute!! I have 1.5 HST's that I consider very small!! What size blocks are you using? You really have patience, that's all I can say!

Oh, SO cute!

Nice work! I really admire the mini stuff, but still working on the big stuff, I will tackle those when all I have left is scraps!

Nice work working with all those little pieces. They look great

Rhonda. I have a feeling you don't make mistakes!

so pretty , love them all

Rhonda your work always amazes me. I love the keychain.

Thanks everyone! But Clem I definately have my moments!! One of the eyeglass tops is not the best. I have a few rules I try to follow and one of them is not to repeat a fabric and the other is to space out any particular color so I don't get 4 blues all in one place etc. But I was running out of KDs and down to ones that were too much the same color. I spaced them out the best I could.But when I piece twos together and I sew in a flag method. I usually turn them upside down while sewing. So I have to turn them right side up. Well I ended up with 5 browns all together. But by the time I saw that I was almost done so I shrugged and let it go. Which is hard for me but I didn't want to tear it all apart!

The key chain has two places where the seams don't meet. I don't like to leave it that way. It shows up in the picture more than in real life tho.

And the crowning glory is a piece I was working on for an order going to Kalona(store I sell to). I was hurrying to finish just one more checkbook cover and when I looked I had added the last section upside down and backwards!! The rows weren't right!
I tossed it aside and it is still sitting waiting for me to fix it.

You can see this one is not right. The squares are supposed to be in a line and the triangles are supposed to be going all the same way. Because I turned the twosomes around while piecing and didn't notice it this is all going every which way! It is supposed to be a pattern not a free for all!
I wasn't sure I like this anyway. It is too busy I think. But I was trying something new and don't know til I get it right whether I like it or not. But oh yeah when I screw up it is a good one!!

You crack me up, Rhonda!!
Oh and by the way, my seam ripper and I have a very good love/hate relationship :D

I HATE HATE HATE to rip!!!!!!! But I am good at it! If I do it right and get lucky some times the thread will pull out. I don't rip down the center. I use the ripper to pull out the thread where the seam is sewn and after I get 4 or5 stitches out I have a long enough thread to get ahold of it and I pull and sometimes it will pull a good length of thread out and then I go to the back and do the same thing. It beats holding the two sides open and picking each stitch out. But it doesn't always go that easy. I do love it when the whole length of thread pulls out tho!! If I get the bobbin thread it will usually pull easier and longer. But I still HATE to rip!!

Very Nice Rhonda!!! :D:D:D

Wow!!!!

Very nice. I have been playing around with the templates you sent me.m What fun, thanks so much. Barb

Your work is always nice. You work very hard and we appreciate what you do for us.

Thank you everyone! You are all so kind!

Rhonda, I love seeing your work. Great job.

awesome