Betsy's Closet Quilt blues :(

I decided to practice my free motion quilting on my Betsy's Closet quilt so I used a Dritz blue chalk marker to mark my line....  didn't realize that the blue marks would not come out of the quilt easily.  I washed it 3 time and it's still there.  Very disappointed in a chalk marker that is marketed for quilters. Seems like they would test their product so that we wouldn't ruin our quilts we worked so hard on.  Oh well, here it is after three washing's :(

Block swaps...

I was included in a secret Facebook group for swapping blocks.  Here are what we've done so far.  These are the winder and fall block swaps.  I'm hoping for a red block swap next time :) .

My blocks for the fall block swap.

My blocks for the winter block swap

Everyone's blocks for the winter block swap.

Two more Applique Tops mostly complete!

So here are my latest quilts.  I've had to order more fabric for both of these for backing and I also needed more of the teal for the Spooly birds to border the quilt and make a backing.  I will have this fabric soon.  I think I will FMQ these myself....
Any suggestions on how to quilt these?  I'd love to hear what you think.

This one is called Spooly Birds and it can be found on Craftsy.

And my favorite!

My Table topper swap entry.

Here is my entry to the Mug Rugs and Pot Holders Oh My Facebook swap group.  We are doing a table topper swap event.  I enjoyed this so much I created a tutorial on how to add the edging.  You can get it HERE on Craftsy for free.
Here is the finish project.  The flowers are colored using crayola crayons....amazingly easy and so much fun!

My Applique Case

Here it is all finished and I've even completed the pattern for this beauty.  I just know other people are like me and would like a nice case to cart their applique projects in.
You can find the pattern on Craftsy.  The case is 22x16 when zipped up with it's double zipper and a whopping 46x22 when it's opened.

It has a thread pocket

A pocket for my light box and flannel sheet to hold my project nice and wrinkle free!

and the piece de resistance is the ironing pad.  

And here is a smaller one I made.