Getting There

I have been cranking away on these A and B blocks.  I have only 3 or 4 left to go.  Then the borders.  I have picked up a few tricks along the way, and I can get one of these blocks done in about an hour now.  Here's how it looks so far:

There is one more row to go on the top, I have 3 blocks done.  So, this part is almost done.  I just have to sew the rows together, and then add the borders.  I think it's beautiful.  (Looks better in person than in the picture!) 

Notice my beautiful impatiens plant.  I brought it inside before the first frost and it loves my sewing room. It shed all its flowers and a lot of leaves (it maybe got a slight tinge of frost....) but now it is bursting forth in new flowers and certainly adding a lot of color to my room.  I also have 2 begonias in there, brought in before the frost, and a jade, an aloe, and Mertyl.  Mertyl is a plant of some sort, probably 20 or 25 years old.  We put it outside in the summer, where it thrives in the sun, wind and rain, and bring it inside every fall where it sheds leaves like crazy and pouts til spring.  But this year, Mertyl is putting out new growth in the sewing room, leaning toward the light (remind me to rotate her periodically).  The sewing room is a GOOD SPACE, for me and the plants.  The dogs like it too, laying in the one patch of sun on the carpet.  With south and west windows, this room gets a lot of sun and is bright and cheery.  I love my sewing room!