End of the week - This n That

 What's new around here this week?  

Well, I made a second Saturday Sampler block.  I'm really in love with this star block.  Searching my stash to see what I could use without any new purchases - and the result was this grey background, and batiks.  The grey isn't a batik, but does have a bit of a batik vibe.  Plus it's a very pale shade of grey so I think it will allow clear contrast even with lighter batik colors.  At this point I'm not sure if I'll still to cool colors of batiks (I have a lot of them) or add some warm colors too.  We'll see how it goes.

The first of 3 Christmas table runners is done. These are only about 16 x 20, but it took forever to actually finish the binding.  Lots of interruptions this week as I've worked a lot more hours than usual.  I'm hoping to get a second one quilted today and attach the binding.  

And it's THAT time of year - college basketball.  That meant 2 back-to-back trips to Brookings to watch our Jackrabbits play this week.  That is 1 hour 45 minutes each way.  On Wednesday evening the men played Montana, and Thursday night was a doubleheader with both men and women's games.  Those make for some late nights to bed after driving home.  Just call us die hard fans!  And next week the men play 3 nights in a row at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, which is only an hour away.