Just for me…

I have been very busy, to the point of being overwhelmed, sorting through the things in my life as I close out a significant part of my past life.  Having sold my place in Maryland, I am moving out my possessions and giving away or selling the remainder.  I currently have boxes and bags everywhere in my home that need to find homes here and, quite honestly, I am mentally and physically tired.  So yesterday and today I am taking a break and doing things for ME!!!!

In early November I attended a quilting retreat and had made several different quilt tops.  One of them was a series of 10 different colored sets of blocks.  I had gotten jelly rolls that contained different colored patterns and ended up with 10 sets of blocks in different patterns and colors.  I was not able to get them sewn together at the retreat as I needed access to my design wall to play with the organization of the blocks.  Yesterday I played with blocks.

I had started placing the individual blocks in a pattern that highlighted just the colors.  I did not have the entire quilt top on the wall that way, but I was not all that happy with the design.  So I left it on the wall so I could let the design grow on me.  I was still not excited about the design.  I reorganized the blocks into 10 large sections of the same patterns.  In doing that, a different pattern emerges.  I think I like it better, but it will live on my wall for a few days until I see how I feel about this one.  There is a picture below…. What do you think???

The entire quilt top

Closeup of one side

Closeup of the other side