My free motion quilting is not good these days……I am WAYYYYY out of practice. Most books will tell you to doodle on a practice sandwich of top, batting, and backing before starting on the “real” piece. Good advice. But what do you all do with these practice pieces?

I made cozies for the foot pedals of my Featherweights as well as a sleeve for a travel iron. But my favorite thing to make is zippered bags like this:

This worked great for protecting my scissors and such while traveling. I made one a while back that I use for my double pointed needles:

I liked to seam the ends in such a way as to make the bag more three dimensional. Just for fun :).  I find the zippers at thrift shops. I have  some bigger pieces to use also:

This one is about 14 inches square. I have only shown a part of the piece. It would be a good size for the front of a tote bag….like I need another one of those! Cutting it means small zippered bags…. Hmmmmm…….  

 Any ideas?  What do you do with your practice pieces?

Until next time….