Change of plans

It's Friday afternoon and my background fabric hasn't turned up so I can't finish the 2nd border of Gidget!  Okay, so I'll have to work on something else.....  I have done the red paint on my pillow cover and although I am certainly not a paint artist, I'm pretty happy with the results so far. 

I have also started my journal quilt for my artquilt group - the theme for the year is Countrys outside Australia. After our North American holiday and the red white and blue fabrics I bought over there I thought I would use that for inspiration...

 I have used 1/2 inch strips with vliesofix on the back and have woven them over a piece of white homespun.  Now for the thread painting, lots of firsts in this mini quilt.

J