Today I am going to quilt! I have a day off from work so I am going to make sure I fit in something for me!

Last weekend, I was looking through my inspiration pictures that I have collected from the internet over the years and I came across a quilt that Lucy from Quilting With The Past had posted back in December. Lucy called her quilt, UFO number 5.

I am calling my version of this quilt, Double 4 Patch. (Not very creative I know, just descriptive of the block pattern.) I have decided to make my quilt from my box of pre-cut 3″ squares. This means that my blocks finish 10″ square. With 24 blocks and an outside 5″ border, my quilt should finish about 63″ x 88″. If I keep to this size range I can make use of existing fabrics in my stash for the backing–a true stash buster.
This is a picture of some of the blocks that I have made already – they are being auditioned on the fabric that I intend to use for the sashings. The three fabrics to the left are the fabrics that I am considering for cornerstones – beige, yellow, and red. I am leaning towards the yellow.

This is my completed Quilt Guild Paint Chip Summer Challenge. I made my project into a pillow. I actually finished this on Saturday but I didn’t want to post a picture until I had the pillow form and I could say it was totally complete. I was off work today and so I stopped by the fabric store and picked up the pillow form today. I had pillow forms at home–16″, 20″, and 22″. This pillow is 18″ square–the only size I didn’t have on hand at home!

I started a new project on Sunday–a double four patch from 3″ squares that I had already cut. I am off work tomorrow so I hope to finish the blocks then. I just couldn’t bring myself to work on another UFO last weekend. There must be a quilting rule somewhere about completing only one UFO per weekend!