Mid-week progress

Happy birthday to TWO of my grandchildren today!!  Olivia and Jonah turn 11 today.  The twins were born during a brutal ice storm that hit eastern South Dakota, but today looks like a delightful spring day of sunshine and temps in mid 60s.  

Yesterday morning I had some good quiet uninterrupted sewing time before it was time to get ready to leave to attend an orchestra concert where the 2 grandkids with birthdays were involved. 

The pink butterfly is all done.  This one has a LOT fewer pieces than the yellow one did, so it was a fairly quick block to sew.

 

The blue and purple butterflies are all ready to sew today - hopefully.  The colors in this mini quilt are what drew me to buy the kit.  These are such bright spring colors. They are happy colors.

The other 3 yellow versions of the 16-patch churn dash blocks came together quickly too.  Those little 16-patch units were made at the February retreat.  I have a green one all ready to sew as well.  There are now 4 completed yellow blocks and 4 completed purple blocks.  One green and 1 red are done too.  I'll work on those previous colors a little at a time.  

I cut the parts for 2 of the Dutchman's Puzzle blocks, and got one of them sewn.  These are using batiks for the colors, and scrappy white-on-white backgrounds.  All of the blocks will have aqua (in various shades) paired with the RSC color of the month.  The plan is to make 2 each month.

My plan today is to sew this morning, handle some chores this afternoon, and watch Survivor while binding a quilt this evening.  Should be a good day.