Best laid plans etc. etc. etc.

These two blocks were supposed to be the cover for my vintage featherweight which is left uncovered as I use it all the time... But somehow I got emotionally involved with making these blocks and they have become my very favorite... Now they've been done almost a year and I still haven't made them into a cover because I'd rather have the sewing machine getting dusty than these blocks... I just love all the robins on felt... especially the one eating the berry (upper left)

So now I've decided to combine them into a hanging and take them to CT in April as my show and tell... I've tried putting them side by side but it doesn't work so I am making them into one long piece. I'm thinking I might like to enter them in the quilt show this fall.

Now what to do about covering my precious, faithful, incredible sewing machine? I made these two fans as end pieces for the original cover and discovered if I would overlap them at an angle and then add a embellished border it would work as a cover and I can live with them getting dusty... and they seem to fit the personality of my little machine.