This seemingly messy pile of fabric is actually the makings of a baby quilt! I took this picture when I had all the parts cut out and piled by my sewing machine, ready to sew. In the pile, are 12 of the 6.5" square crumb blocks in different colours for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge from last year. I have four sets of these blocks and decided to use each set in a different setting to make four baby quilts. The one I made previously was made up of star blocks. This time I am making churn dash blocks. I had just enough of the black and white check fabric to make 12 blocks. I actually had to piece two of them to make them big enough. After finishing my first block at home, I decided to chain piece the rest at the guild sewing day on Monday. Most people "practice" sewing blocks with no bobbin thread, but not me. I forgot to thread the machine with a spool of thread before "sewing" all of these strips together...Ugh! Back to the beginning again... By bedtime, I had all 12 blocks put together and up on my design wall in no particular order. I will play around with placement before adding a narrow sashing and cornerstones, as well as a border. There are lots of scrappy memories in these blocks. In June, we had a Carolina wren nest in our hanging baskets on the front porch and now, we had a pair of mourning doves sitting on their nest. My daughter has been crocheting this week. This is the beginnings of "Bernard the Elf". I find it hard to do outlining when I stitch in the car so I have started a new counted cross stitch picture--a winter sampler by Satsuma Street. It is not much to look at yet! The Aida cloth is Cadet blue--much darker than it appears in this picture. I will try to get a better picture next time. A few more outlining stitches were added to the lupins. There was not much time to sit and sew at home this week. Finn is telling my daughter that he would rather sit outside than watch her work from home inside! I will link up with Kathy and Frederique on the weekend.