Weekend accomplishment

I took a break from current projects this weekend. I had the urge to sew scraps and make what I've come to think of as a "Finn type quilt". I really had the urge to empty some of my plastic shoe boxes of scraps. So I took the boxes of half square triangles and half square triangle squares off the shelf and started making Broken Dishes blocks. I'm going to do this in somewhat of a medallion style and make it big enough for our bed. Lots and lots of little multicolored calicos plus some solid fabrics here - nothing that I'd use for projects today. I think these scraps have been aging for at least 15 years and probably more! This was so much fun I had a terrible time stopping to go to bed last night. I totally emptied one box and almost emptied two more. All I have left in those two is about a dozen 2 1/2" squares in one and a dozen or so 3 1/2" squares in the other. I'm working on the fourth box now, which is full almost to overflowing of half square triangles cut at 2 5/8". What was I thinking? Obviously I cut them as big as the scraps were. After sewing these I'll trim them down a little to 2 1/2" - perfect for the current project.

Now I have to get ready for work. Really, really hard when all I want to do is sew!

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Gratitudes:

1. A cool night that lowered the temperature in the house.
2. Kids with air conditioning who live very close.
3. A safe arrival in Kalamazoo Michigan for my husband.
4. My vacation starts later this week!
5. Birds singing outside my window

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