Tuesday night sewing..................

Yesterday was the make up eye appointment in Chicago for the one I cancelled on Oct. 30 because we had an icy storm.  It is always a long day because the driving time is over 3 hours both ways combined. Traffic was good yesterday.  Everything was good and I didn't need an injection.  The tumor is stable (and shrunk).  It has been 7 years now since I had the radiation treatment on that eye.  The dilation didn't wear off until about 5 p.m. so I wasn't able to do much in the afternoon.

Last night I spent 2-1/2 hours making crazy pieced blocks.

I got 2 of them up to the size to be trimmed and have 4 more started.  I'm already bored with the small assortment of yellow scraps.  I will search through my batiks and see if I can find some to add.  I'm trimming these blocks to 10.5" and the red quilt I made was 6.5" blocks.  I think part of my boredom is trying to make large blocks.  I think I will make a batch of 5.5" blocks to use with the 10.5" ones and see how it goes.

I was walking through the kitchen just at the right time to catch this sunset.  It was even more intense than it looks in the photo.

I had question from 2 people during my decade favorites posts about whether I had ever made a pastel quilt or a low volume quilt.  I have posted several pastel quilts over the 12 years I have been posting but since they are in the minority they aren't remembered.  Sometimes the photos enhance the fabrics to look darker than they look in person too.  So the answer is Yes.