Summer is over....

I spent most of the Summer in Hurley with the boys at Nanny's or Auntie's caravans so havent got much sewing done!

I started a pillowcase for The Little Man using some Disney cars fabric but I didn't manage to get it finished before he turned three last week :(I am also attempting to make some sort of storage bag for his BIG Mack and collection of cars as i am fed up of treading on them and tidying them away at the end of the day. I have some road map fabric that I bought a while back on ebay. I want the bag to open up into a playmat but I am making it up as I go along, hence it taking forever!

HOWEVER....I have finished the half-square quilt top for The Little Man - just have to add a border then quilt it.
I found some lovely bright yellow flannel sheets for the backing at a car boot, but will wait till I have done my "finishing" course at tikki london before I attempt quilting it.

I also still have The Little Fellas quilt still to finish that I blogged about earlier.
my inspiration for this quilt was from Red Pepper Quilts, if you scroll down it is the last quilt on the page.

To make my HST (half-square triangles) I used this tutorial

I used a variety of car themed fat quarters that I had been saving up. I measured and then divided the smallest fat quarter into 4 equal squares, then used this as my template. I only used half of each fat quarter in the end (around 8 FQ) so I have some fabric left to use in either a border or maybe some crayon rolls for gifts.

I LOVE the way it looks but the blue background was a twill from Fabricland that I chose for the colour but it stated "fabric content unknown". I don't like the texture of it at all! - a bit synthetic but hopefully once backed with flannel the quilt should still be lovely and cozy!