a cooool friday

the heat wave has abated and now enjoying more moderate temps...56 tonight?   i can't wait....so it seemed appropriate to get this fallish flimsy runner together...pretty simple and un-wow like....

it'll get machine quilted and bound and off to somebody special....and since the design wall looked a bit bare, wanted to start a new project but ignored that thought and pulled out this UFO....

this has been on the back burner far too long...each time i worked on it, was totally unenthusiastic altho i like it a lot....quickly realized the center block with those tiny triangles have been the road block....needing only 24 of the 12-inch blocks, am resolutely determined to get them done.  first i'll get those pesky center blocks with the triangles out of the way; from then on it's simple strips and squares....once they are cut and ready, should work up quickly.  these blocks and the little maple leaf blocks will be my machine projects...the 365 is the hand quilting project AND the cabana daydreams, once the replacement thread arrives.  next week planning on tying the blue and tan strip top for a quick finish....