After I've finished a project, I usually struggle trying to decide what to sew next. After I finished the Hawaiian baby quilt, I was having trouble deciding what I wanted to work on next. When I couldn't make up my mind I decided to work on two projects at the same time. That turned out to be a great idea. I recently saw a top on line that I thought was adorable and very doable. So I decided I was going to try to make something similar to that top. I had also started some blocks that are like a trip around the world, from Bonnie's website so I figured I might as well pull out those blocks as well. The advantage of doing that was that for each piece of fabric that I pulled out of my stash I was able to cut it into pieces to use for two or even three projects at once. So I did not have to put the rest of the fabric back into my stash. I used up whatever piece I pulled out. This is the block from Bonnie's website: These blocks recall require six strips that are 2 1/2 inches wide and 16 inches long. The other blocks that I decided to work on take different size pieces but I was still able to use up the scrap piece that I pulled from. Here is one block: This block required a 4-1/2 inch square for the center, four strips that are 1-1/2" wide and four squares that are 2 1/2 inches square. This block uses lights and darks. So I would cut a 2 1/2 inch strip for the trip around the world and then I would cut 4-1/2 inch square and 2 1/2 inch squares and 1-1/2 inch strips which I would use in other blocks. Here are the blocks I finished the other day: The blocks finish at 6 inches. I didn't clear a lot of space in my stash but it felt good not putting fabric back into the stash but rather I was able to use it up. So that is my brilliant thought for the day.