Casserole carrier for Joyce and a cute little cherub!

 I just love this photo--I caught her a little late, she was peering into the console table and that was so so cute!

 OK, here is the casserole carrier:  I am not impressed with the way this blog uploads photos.  One day it will put the first photos I upload on last and vise versa--uuuurg!!                                                         
This is the finished project minus the ribbon that I need to string in so that the center closes up.
Go to the bottom of the blog to see the progression of the carrier.

 I decided to use the larger dotted fabric for the binding for the handles and ran out of fabric, should of just used the same binding as the rest of the carrier. 

Cut out 2 1/2 inch handles and quilt them together

Put the top section on top of the bottom section which has been quilted

quilt the top fabric to the bottom fabric which has thick batting or interfacing sandwiched between

Cut 2 inch strips all along the tube you sewed.

This is what it looks like sewn together--it has a lot of stretch because of the diagonal cut.

turn one diagonal cut over to the other and sew along the top edge

Cut the square on the diagonal

 Cut out a 22x22 inch square to start making the binding.