Japanese Folded Squares & Needle Case Prize

I haven't managed to blog very much of late, as I've been so busy. 

The Brighton wing of my family spent last week with us so I was out and about having fun with the Curly Girlies and I'm still helping out my friend who is ill. 

Here's a catch up of my latest makes before I fly off to Germany tomorrow to visit the rest of my family. I'll be leaving DH home alone to fend for himself and as much as, at first, he enjoys some chill out time on his own, he gets fed up after a couple of days and loves to have me home again. Aaaahh!

Here's my windmill bag, made after I spotted one on Carol's Alcoholinky Blog. Just like me, she has turned to fabric and is making some super stuff . Thanks to Carol who was kind enough to share the secrets of how to make this fun bag. Mine (below) is not yet finished as I haven't decided on details for the handles and fastener. I must say that I do love the zingy colours of the batik fabrics.

With being out and about so much my stitching has mainly been on the go and so I managed a few more hand stitched Japanese folded patchwork squares. 

I was inspired by Lorna, a member of  my quilting group, who made this beautiful black and white quilt using this technique.

The Front View of Lorna's finished quilt....

The back looks good too....

Such a super impressive result. It measures 12 x 19 squares.......228 in total so I still have to make quite a few before mine is finished!

GUESS HOW MANY 

When I posted on 25th March I had stitched 24 squares and by my post of 8th April it was up to 63........ 

so now can you guess my new total to date? 

For the nearest guess there will be a small handmade prize and this is open to all followers, just leave your guess in a comment.

For the prize....

 I will make a needle case for the winner in colours of their choice.

If you don't sew you can choose a note book with a fabric cover and pockets.

Here's the stash all squashed into the basket for you to study..... are there squares underneath or not? That's for me to know and you to GUESS!

Take a look at the earlier posts to see the previous totals.

I'm aiming to make these into a hand stitched double sized quilt and so they will all have to be stitched together. 
What a thrill it will be to finish it but I wonder how long it will take me?
I'll close the voting when I return from Germany and if more than one person guesses correctly I will draw from the correct ones for a winner.

I have already made some needle cases as gifts for my friends.

Tiny 2 1/2 inch squares of batik fabric here which were a bit intricate to finish quite as neatly as the 4 1/2 inch squares.

Triangles of Liberty Tana Lawn for this one.

A bit easier for this one made of recycled vintage dress fabrics.

You too could soon own one of these needle cases... just take a guess at the number of squares to date.

I custom made a small zip pouch to hold all I need to make more squares whilst on my travels so this will come with me to Germany tomorrow.

Bye for now!