All 54 blocks have been set together now with sashing and cornerstones. There were too many blocks to consider a setting on point with plain alternating blocks. All I need to do is add borders and then quilt.

I am thinking about quilting this with some curved or circular lines. All the straight edges are calling out to be softened.

This is definitely a fast, no stress (no matching required) block that reduces your scrap pile in a hurry!

We were told at our guild meeting one night that a quilt top is called a “flimsy” once the piecing is complete and before it is quilted.

This piece was made entirely from my stash and was started just two weeks ago. This has to be a record for the completion of a quilt top for me. Perhaps it has to do with the size–just 35 1/2″ square.

I will quilt it on the long arm as soon as I figure out what to quilt in the large white spaces.

This is another of the crumb blocks that I have been making. I have now made a total of 54 blocks using this technique.

I am trying to decide where to go next. What setting should I choose? Just merely join the crumb blocks together in a crazy quilt formation? Alternate crumb blocks with plain blocks? Surround the crumb blocks with sashing and cornerstones?

On Monday, my mother and I took my daughter grad dress shopping. I dreaded the experience as I anticipated that it would be something like shopping for bathing suits for my daughter. It seems we shop forever looking for the “perfect” suit that seems to elude us forever. However, we went into Abbotsford and were pleasantly surprised when they had the perfect dress for my daughter with the neckline that suits her best – halter style – in the colour that she wanted – pink – with the features that she wanted most – some poof, no mermaid look, not too poofy, with a lace up back. Imagine it, the perfect dress – right off the start. Her size is now being ordered in. We anticipate the dress to arrive in three months – lots of time before grad on June 30. Now we just need to find the shoes and accessories. That shouldn’t be too bad. The worst is over!

Last Sunday, I met with two old friends for brunch. Madeline was in Hawaii in November and brought me back this treasure of Hawaiian fabrics. She said she hopes I can do something with them. Of course! This is fabric–fabric from somewhere I have always wanted to go but have never been to. I am thinking that a wall hanging could emerge from this stash. I even have plans to scan the images on the bag and incorporate them into the design. Should be fun!