Sunday Satisfaction

Thanks for all the suggestions on what to do with the Norwegian Red blocks: I finally decided I would go with the staggered blocks: It bugged me that the bricks would have a seam down the centre, and I figured I could make bricks the convenctional way (see below for the plan)

So Norwegian Red is now pieced and quilted, and I have machine stitched the binding to the front.  I'm taking it to Norway at the end of the month, and will have plenty of time to hand stitch the back of the binding or the plane, the ferries, and in the car.   It is going to be for my cousin Kire's 50th birthday.  She lives in Kenya, so I dont know that she'll need it much though!  If you have a few minuts, do visit her blog www.kiregodal.com - she is a hugely successful conservation and wildlife filmmaker, and has her work shown on the National Geographic chanel!.  I'm really excited to be seeing her again: we used to meet on holiday as kids, but hardly at all as adults.  She is also beautiful - seriously beautiful - and easily passes for 30, and I struggle with the knowledge that we share a set of grandparents, but she was luckier on the gene handout that I was!

Sorry, didn't mean to wonder off like that.

Also for my trip, I have a stash of picture fabric scraps that I have managed to rescure 4x8 inch blocks, so I will be taking them together with 1 inch strips to hand make a brick quilt


(still no spell check, grrrr!)