Trying to catch up

Once the first load of laundry was started on Monday morning, I took my coffee and headed downstairs to my happy place.  Yep - it was just as messy as when I left 2 weeks ago. But it felt good to be back.

First task was cutting out the Sewcialites 2 blocks for the 9" versions that I'm doing in green.  Block #15 was sewn first because it looked like the easiest.  Brighten (by Minki Kim) was a quick one.  I might want to add this block to my RSC blocks for the future.  

And thinking about RSC - I had a little fun on Tuesday morning playing and made this block again using Valentine fabrics.  It would make a good one for Quilts of Valor as well with a red and a blue.   The Valentine fabrics were still sitting there, so a Scrappy Irish Chain block happened too.  

Next up was Enchant, which was Block #14.  It's designed by April Rosenthal.  Again - quick and easy!  I really like the shades of green I used in this one, so I kept a couple of them out for the next one.

Block #13 was the trickiest one of the 3, but the instructions were excellent and it went together quite well.  This is Innovate, designed by Doug Leko.  I'm sure the smaller versions of this one will be more of a challenge to make so I'll just have to be very conscious of accuracy.

I'm caught up for now with the 9" green blocks.  But I haven't even cut the pieces yet for the 6" batik versions, or either of the 3" versions that I'm working on.  And the next block will be released already tomorrow.  Slow but steady - I'll eventually get all caught up.

In the meantime, now that I have this month's Saturday Sampler pattern I will get to work on it as soon as possible so I don't fall behind with that as well.  This second block is applique.  The finished quilt is a mix of pieced and applique.