What's a quilter to do??

With just a few minutes here and there to sew in my busy schedule, I decided to start another quilt!!! Yikes....I don't know what I was thinking. Yes, I do.

I received a quilt sales paper in the mail, probably wanting me to order yet another quilt magazine. Included in the flyer was a pattern for several scrap quilts using HSTs. They used 6 inch squares, cut them diagonally and make lots of large HSTs. Now, me?? I've been looking at all these precut strips and thinking, "I need to make something from them, and get them out of here." The drawers are overflowing. So, I pulled out the 4 inch strip drawer, lights and darks and started cutting squares, and then cutting them on the diagonal. I made HSTs and trimmed them down to 3 1/2 inch unfinished squares.

Yes, I could have pulled out my red strings and worked on those. But, honestly, we've had so many people in and out of our home that I don't want a huge mess. Strings are messy. Squares, not as much. So, I sew a bit and trim a bit. I've still got the red strings sitting here, all trimmed. I have 67 of them. I need to do some playing around with paper and figure out how big I want the quilt and how many more blocks I need to make. Maybe tonight??

I've got taco soup in the crockpot, grocery list all made, I'm waiting for DH's mother to get here after her Dr. appt. to sit with him, so Dear Younger Daughter and I can go grocery shopping. I'm feeling more organized....at least with my time, when we aren't having company every day!

I'm working on setting something that resembles a schedule, although very loosely. I have a friend coming on Thursday to sit with Dear Hubby, so I can get some errands done. Dear Son has orientation at school tonight. He is getting some of his books this week and starts school on the 20th.

Here's hoping things settle down soon, I'm sure missing my sewing machine!! LOL

Happy Quilting!!!