Oh, I didn’t know such things existed! I must investigate , as new blades are so expensive. I tend to work on with blunt blades until they just annoy me too much!

I was asked by a friend to make 2 ‘I Spy’ name cushions for babies born in Dec and Jan, so I made these this weekend. I suppose they’ll count if I don’t get my quilt finished. One is being posted to USA, so it doesn’t have a cushion pad. I was trying a rainbow layout, so made the name label smaller than usual to incorporate part of the coloured blocks that formed the pattern. Not sure it’s a total success
If any of you in USA  know a baby Kenji , don’t spoil the surprise!
The other one was a nightmare. I’d just sewn the back on, zigzagged all the way round the inside and then topstitched , when I noticed a small scissor nick at the top of the back. So, much unpicking later, I had to cut out the offending piece and add a different panel of sheep fabric to the back! 

Congratulations @Sakar ! Is little Wolf excited to be a big brother?

Good sewing weather today, so got the blocks sewn together....Just have to decide on a 2-3 “ border to make it roughly 40” square.

A quiet day today and still a lot of snow and ice around, so decided to start on a scrappy baby quilt, using this design found online.  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
The family it’s for are interested in marine conservation, so I’m putting in as many fabrics as I have with sea creatures, but also  lots of other things that will be of interest to a child. I do like to make up an ‘I spy’ list once I’ve finished a scrappy quilt, then I print the list out and give it with the quilt for future games when the child is older. I’ll post some photos of its progress but can’t promise to finish this month.

My daughter has her own dog grooming business- think she’d agree with those rates too! 

@WendyW , your quilt is beautiful and where is the amateurish quilting? The close ups look great to me. You gave yourself an extra problem trying to arrange front and back, but the resulting pattern and colours are lovely. 

Just lovely @Efemera . Do you have changing season mini quilts on your wall? That’s a nice idea.