It starts with a block...

Tomorrow I head off on my Spring Quilt Retreat! Even though I mentioned in my last post that I have many irons in the fire - a retreat necessitated some new projects. So this week I cut out some quilts and made a few test blocks - just to be sure I don't get there and have everything cut wrong! That might be a problem!

Here's a peek inside my box of fabric...

A quilt called "Perfect Union" found in the Feb '14 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. The prep for this was quite a challenge. The blocks create diagonal rows of warm colored crosses in one direction and cool color backgrounds going in the opposite direction. I think I've sorted my pieces correctly, but we'll see in the end...

A traditional block I've always wanted to use for a quilt - the Churn Dash. This will be scrappy, but with a limited color palette of aqua, teal, cream and soft pink.

You may have noticed, I've jumped on the bandwagon of mini quilt makers! They've been a nice addition to the sewing room walls and it seems fitting to have a mini-spools.

My blocks for this week in the Layer Cake Sampler QAL. Block 5...

Block 6...

And speaking of blocks, I sewed my Alphabet blocks together today. I was tickled with how quickly it went with no block arranging to do!

I plan on having a fun week and I'm wishing the same for all of you!!! Hopefully I'll get some shots posted on Instagram as we sew!