Starting a New Quilt

A couple of weeks ago I showed you some tiny (2 inches) squares I was cutting from my scraps - trying to get to where I could close the drawers of my scrap baskets. Well - I haven't cut a ton of squares yet - but I decided to go ahead and start putting them together into quilt blocks. Or rather, I decided to get Jo to put them together into a quilt block. She doesn't know it yet, but she's going to design this whole quilt. :-)

I decided I wanted each block to be 10 squares by 10 squares. That's doable to assemble and sew together in an afternoon, and 100 is a nice round number. :-) I told Jo she could do anything she wanted with the design of the block - symmetrical, asymmetrical, patterned or random - but it could only be two colors. On the next block I'll tell her she can't repeat this block.

It's going to take a long time - but I think it will be fun. And I think (hope!) the finished quilt will be a gorgeous riot of color. I can't wait to watch this one grow!

Did anyone else do anything fun this weekend?

Happy Monday! Have a great week!

Best,
Wendi