Coming Out of the Shadows

I finally felt well enough to do a little blog browsing over the weekend. Among the inspiring things I found was Nifty's Scrappy Trips quilt. That took me to Bonnie's tutorial for the pattern, and the next thing I knew I was combing through my scrap strips to see what I had that would fit the bill. I ended up cutting a few new strips, and before I finished for the day I had produced four 12 inch blocks!

It seems to me that when arranged in straight diagonal rows this pattern is also known as Sunshine & Shadows. So far I haven't verified that yet.

It feels appropriate for me to be working on such a pattern. Right now I'm enjoying a bit of sunshine after days and days of shadows. I've decided to keep making these 12" blocks. In fact, I can't seem to stop!

I'm going to keep a yellow or other light running through the center of my blocks. It remains to be seen how the blocks will be put together in the end. I can pretty well guarantee that my finished quilt will not be as big as Nifty's! ;- )

Meanwhile, there's a baby quilt I promised to make. It's been a struggle to get that project started too but I think I may have come up with a plan. It involves red and a black & white zebra stripe:

That's the backside of the stripe in the photo above. The baby's not due until April so I'm not stressing about getting this done. Not yet anyway!