Daily Notes- February 2nd

This is about the size of a placemat.  Made from a charm pack a dear internet friend sent me for the holidays.  Last time she sent one--I made potholders.  But they get dirty.  This fabric was too pretty.
So once it's got a nice border of that linen I purchased for "something", layered etc--I will quilt it and have it to cheer me thru many meals and MSNBC.   I had the squares in an nice balanced arrangement and then the dog came to visit and his tail got things a bit off.  But I like it.

Wintery but without the Snowmen and Santas. Like January and February.

I quite forgot to post today.  The day sort of got away from me.  Haven't done anything, really.  Did go up in the Magic Attic twice today-- in that one dollar baggie of leftover quilt pieces from last Sunday's visit to Goodwill, there is an interesting diamond with four triangles to stitch on the four sides.  The other pile of pieces are useless.  But the diamond and the four triangles--well, I sewed one together and it looks pretty nice. About 8 inches by 5 inches finished.  The other fabrics in the baggie do not help the design.  I can only hope that they were never meant to be used together.

Doing the math ahead of time-- what a concept!!!!--I can only make 8 rectangles with the side triangles in the baggie. That leaves 8 other center diamonds without triangles.  Early days so I could always change out two on each diamond.  But with what?  And then have to cut those fussy triangles.

I'm not sure I'm up for the challenge.  Might just put it all back in the baggie and re-donate it.

One more visit to the sewing room closet--where the good stuff lives--to see if I purchased anything in the last 6 months that is a tiny print (floral) with a cream background.  Not a polka dot or a batik.

And then it all goes into the baggie and back to Goodwill.