The Toadstool House has finally become a book cover!

This is my fifth finish for Finish Along 2015 Q2:

Hooray!

Finally I've finished that appliqué panel I started nearly two years ago and made it into something!

The original plan was to make a mini quilt wall hanging, but after I'd quilted the panel I decided I didn't want it hanging on the wall. My daughter suggested making it into a cushion, but I know that some of those appliqué seam allowances turned out very small, and wouldn't survive long as a cushion. Then I thought of a book cover to hide my former employer's logo on my pattern file (see earlier post). That is what the panel has become.

The finishing top and bottom is rather unconventional.

Because the panel was already quilted I couldn't make the cover in the usual way: add the wadding and lining, turn right side out, close the gap and then quilt - almost as the last step - before adjusting the flaps and top stitching all round to finish off. I considered binding, but then decided to zig-zag across the top and bottom to hold the layers together and finish the raw edges. Binding would have been neater but now it's finished!

I am linking up to

I shall be linking up to Adrianne at On the Windy Side at the beginning of the third quarter.

Happy Sewing

Marly.