My First Three Blocks of a Big Project!

I wish I had taken a picture of my sunroom today while the sun was shining brightly.  It is in total disarray!  Two and one-half inch strips are scattered everywhere, from all kinds of Civil War fabrics!  I've got to find a way to get them organized or I'll never be able to get my new project together.   Hopefully I can figure out a way to shape things up tomorrow afternoon, after another trip to another doctor and a long list of other errands.  I'm again so grateful that my son will be able to take me everywhere I need to go; what would I do without him?!!  Maybe someday soon all the doctors will agree to let me start driving again.  I think I could do it now, but no one else agrees yet.  It's the pits, I'll tell you for sure, for this old independent lady!

Today I dug through all those strips, looked at my plan, and got the first three nine-patches sewn together, and so far, everything has gone well. Here's a little peek at what is to come as the days go on.  Altogether it is 18.5" x 6.5".

Last Sunday I also got started on a much smaller project (for my BFF's May birthday).  I can't show it yet, but I laugh out loud every time I look at it and consider what I'll write on the label when I get it finished.  I'm in the process of embroidering a block approximately 16" x 20", and then I'll put some quilt blocks around that for a small throw.   (I haven't embroidered since 1995 when my son was in the hospital 50 days straight!)  I just hope I can do it decently!  So far, so good.

Got to go to bed so I can be ready for that 8:30 appointment in the morning.  I hate to have to be anywhere that early!

---"Love"