Snow day = sew day!

I woke up far too early today and, after doing a little bit around the house, decided it was too snowy to go to my regular check up.  When I called the doctor's office, the receptionist didn't seem surprised I wanted to cancel and rescheduled me for January right away.

I went upstairs and got to work on the Orange Polka Dot quilt.  It's made of guild blocks of the month and some instructions the guild received from Kristin Laura Designs.  The block which I put on the bottom right was demonstrated at our last guild meeting.  It's larger than 12" finished, but I wanted to try making it anyway.  

It has aspects of Dresden Plate and is just as easy.  The ones shown at guild were in Christmas colors which I always like.  But I needed one block to add to the 15 I had made between Sept., 2024, and now.  I appliqued a cornerstone where one might have gone if it had been 12" like the other blocks.

Of course, I need a little more of that speckled black background to finish putting the top together.  I think it will be a good "stop border" and then I'll add at least one more border.  That should get it up to 60" x 60".   Of course, I bought the speckled fabric at least a year and a half ago, so I doubt my local shop will have it.  I turned to my old friend Etsy and soon found another yard and a half which should be enough.

Here's a "rough draft" of the top without borders.

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The photo doesn't show the orange in the polka dots very well.  But they are there.  And I have about 6-7 more yards.  I'll use some in the back, but I really would like to find another nice project for that fabric.