Fabric-y treats

I didn't do any actual sewing when up in Yorkshire visiting Karol-Ann, but she did manage to make a couple of stars  for our African block swap...

And together we sorted out a large amount of fabric castoffs she'd been given recently. Some of the pieces are larger and in lovely colours - she's kept those for various projects. Some wasn't really to either of our taste, so some of that has gone in the pile for charity quilts. Some was fabric which doesn't jump up and say "love me love me" but is fine - with that, we sorted, ironed, cut into charms and strips and she kindly gave me a big pile of it - this is a large pile of charms (she has an identical pile - whether we will both make things with them, well, let's not go there), some strips, and a few larger pieces. The piece at the back right is a challenge piece for me to make something with. The fabric says it's Hampton Court Maze - quite fitting for me to give it a go, I think.  I know I'm supposed to be reducing scraps, but this is different. How, I'm not quite sure, but trust me, it is!

I also brought home this selection of fabric, which is what remains of a quilt swap package Karol-Ann had put together for a swap a while ago. The quilt which came back from the swap is sweet, but unfortunately, doesn't really suit the space where she'd hoped to put it, so I offered to try to make something more suitable.  Luckily, there's no time deadline on this...

And finally, the black and white and orange fabric is a package of FQs I bought in a small quilt & fabric shop in one of the local villages - I really liked the colour combination and the price was very reasonable. The black fabric on the side which says "Edwin" is another from Karol-Ann's stash which I thought would be fun to try to use - so she gave it to me. Perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut!