Sooooooo.....you're new to quilting and decided to join in on an online mystery quilt adventure. Yep....calls for 1.5" strips.... so what do ya do? Cut up a billion or so 1.5" strips. Well, now I know that I didn't need to cut every scrap I had into 1.5" strips, but I did it anyway....

See that picture with the duck wearing a raincoat over there? Yep, that's what you do with all those 1.5" strips. Make em into 1" squares! Kinda cute, eh? Eight inch blocks now. Next I figure I'll frame all the blocks. Ahhh... but what color do I want to frame them with? Big question, huh?

So? Which color? Which one makes em go "pop"? I can't decide. Maybe I've looked at them too long. Now I need everyone to leave a comment and let me know your opinions. There's also the option of white too....so????

Now onto other things. My basement flooded. Yep, finished berber carpeted nice basement. Not just a little minor problem. Nope...that would be too easy. Had to be the well pipe that comes from the well in the front yard into the house. Leaking right at the interior foundation wall that it comes thru. The well man was here today. Insurance man is coming tomorrow (uh huh), Miss Dig will be here at 8 am to mark my gas lines and then the well guys will show up, dig up my front yard, replace the pipe and then take my retirement fund. Ok...not the whole retirement fund, but some of it. It could always be worse. I need to remember that. I've just been a bit blue for the last couple of weeks and whiny and poopy. Yep, poopy. I used to be on a lot of meds for the "blues". I don't take anything anymore. I do pray more. A lot more. Not saying that will work for everyone. It has made a major diffence for me. That's all I know. It doesn't mean the blue days don't come. But I do recognize them sooner and seem to be able to pull myself out of it. That's enuf about that....

When I first started this blog, I mentioned a friend, Sharon from our church congregation who quilts, beautifully, I might add. She gave of her time and we started meeting at the church building and she taught me so much. She rocks. She also works at Joann's Fabrics. Back in the fall, we quit getting together due to everyone's schedules. Tomorrow night we are starting it back up. Not a class, but some of us just get together and work on projects and have Sharon to answer all my ....ooops....I mean our questions. It's really nice. I just hope I can get all the well and insurance stuff done before 5:30 so that I can go. I have more 1.5" strips left ... ya know?

Happy quilting ......