All hail the humble tote

I entered some of my 'handicraft' into the village show... I wasn't going to after I heard a story on the radio the other day of a lady who entered her Victoria Sponge cake into the local show and even though she was the only entrant she came second!.... but I thought maybe this would be an opportunity to meet more crafters and it's just a bit of fun anyway.

The results...
In the 'handbag' section...

I was really surprised that my lowly tote won a first.


In the 'sewn item' section...

this little wallhanging came second
and my patchwork puzzle balls came third




I also managed to sell 'the cube' (which I didn't enter) to one of the organisers,

so not a bad day all in all LOL

I'm never going to do this again

This is one of those projects (UFO's!) I wish I had never started!

My quilt group decided to make these 'executive toys' at least a year ago and I thought, "Hey, this sounds like fun".

Well, it wasn't, it has taken me ages, but today while visiting my DSIL I decided it just had to get knocked off my UFO list.

The photos don't really show it off well, it looks better in action as it is not 5 different toys, but one toy made up of 8 cubes covered in 6 different fabrics.

I'm pleased it's done, I hope Toby plays with it, but I will never make another (ever!)