A Sleepover!

Yesterday three of our grandchildren arrived for a sleepover.  Alyssa brought me this branch from her neighbour's cherry tree. She carried it to the house of  the friend they visited en route, then on the underground, followed by the overground train.
After tea, I went to put Joel, the youngest, to bed. I gave the girls paper, and a book to lean on. They settled on the settee in front of the vase.
 

You should have heard them gasp when I opened my box of Promarkers and Aquamarkers on the seat between them!
 

Here are the results!
 

There wasn't a sound out of them for almost two hours!
 

 

I think this is a good reason for having some more Promarkers, don't you?!
 

Paper piecing.

 Paper piecing is the name of the process by which this kind of patchwork can be put together.
You need to have a pattern - this one is called a circle of flying geese. Then you sew the fabric onto the paper, in correct numerical order.
Once you get your head round it, its easier than it sounds!

 My first effort was a Christmas one.

 Then I did a Spring version. I don't think I would choose gingham again - it doesn't lie as flat as I would like.

 The embroidery on the back is called Feather Stitch which I found in an old book of embroidery stitches.

 In situ chez Erulin.