A Birthday Gift

I have a friend who has a birthday in a few days. I wanted to have a gift for her when we have lunch together on Friday so I went looking on Pinterest for some ideas.  I found a picture of these small fabric trays. After deciding what I would make and the fabric I was going to use, I remembered that I had a piece of the Pellon Flex Foam 1 Sided Fusible Stabilizer that I had purchased some time ago.  I had watched some videos on how to use it and thought that this might be a good project to try it on. I had some 10 inch squares that I thought would work well with what I wanted to make. 

 The fabric had been chosen and the Flex Foam fused to the back side of the fabric that I wanted to be the inside lining -- the fabric that could be seen the most. After laying the outside  square on top of the lining piece, I squared up the block and sewed around the whole square leaving an opening so that it could be turned. As I began turning the piece inside out I realized that I had turned the one piece of fabric the wrong way. There was no way I was going to try ripping out the stitching so I just decided that was the way it was going to stay and that it would be mine to keep. I went ahead and finished it. Later I was able to fill it with 2 1/2 inch half square triangles. Four stacks fit perfectly.

So it was then time to make the second one that I would use for the birthday gift. This time I got the fabric turned the correct way.

This afternoon I was able to make a birthday card for Linda. I think that this was the first card that I have made in about a year. 

I pray that all are safe and managing these difficult days well.