Coffee Quilt in Progress

Look what the hubs found for me!

Wouldn't this make a fun gift for the other quilters on your

gift list?  Or maybe a prize for the Christmas party? 

Now the question is:  for what occasion

should I pop this one open? 

(note:  it's not really priced for a "weeknight" wine)

It will need to be soon so that I can see if I like it well

enough to add more to that other stash in our home.

If you're wondering what else we have stashed

around here, that's it.  Just wine and fabric.

(gee, we're my kind of people!)

On to the coffee quilt update.

The chain had me doing a little more trimming

than my achy shoulders wanted but I love chains

and want to make scrappy ones and 9-patches and

anything else in that category in abundance.

How can I put more Irish chains on my to-do

lists when they do that to me?  

256 2-patches

The doctor swears it's bursitis and will go away.

Personally, I think I did something swimming last summer.

Time will tell.  I might push for an MRI if it keeps up.

Darn that back surgery of mine.  I swear I began

falling apart before my time once that happened. 

Well, I digress.  Enough whining.

Nothing great is achieved without some cost, right?

I think the answer is to just not cut so much at once

but when I'm in the sewing room, I like to keep going.

As does any quilter, right?  I am no quitter!!

Truth be told, I think I push down harder than needed

on the ruler and sometimes the cutter.

A bad habit I really need to work on.

(Can you teach a middle-aged dog new tricks???)

I didn't get all the blocks completed yesterday.

It was a far-fetched goal to be sure but I do

stuff like that for motivation.  I still got all 16

chain blocks done and that's a lot.

Are you getting an idea of how this will look?

If you want to look ahead, the free pattern

Star Crossed Paths is available from Benartex.

Today, I WILL finish!

(See, there I go!)

Happy quilting!