The next four

Pigley reminded me a week or so ago, that No, I'm not done when I finish my Next Four List. Since the end of that list is in sight, I guess I need to start thinking about the next Next Four.

#1 Continues to be block commitments. Right now I have Anna's, then Joy's, then mine comes home. I'll leave the finishing of that one a little bit - it won't be here until September, and it's a bit of a summer fling. I WILL have it done for next summer, though. The finish is easy, and I think it'll suit the character of the piece. Tied, not quilted - I can work on it when it's c-c-cold out. Anna's row will be baskets, 8 1/2" finished so that on-point they'll be 12" The roses will be bold - red, maroon, gold maybe, in lighter coloured baskets.

#2 Should be the string quilt for me, but it won't be. I've agreed to make a baby quilt for one of Tori's teachers, and it really should be done first. At least the top, anyway. This is what I have. See my instructions on top of the pile? See instruction #1? Apparently only one of the students who signed these blocks did. There won't be time in September to have the blocks re-done, so I'm going to scan them, reduce them 20% or so, and copy the too big designs onto new strips. I *could* assemble them into the quilt as they are, but the sincere good wishes of many, and the signatures of most of the kids would be trapped in the seam allowance. I have to fix it if I can.

#3 Now it's my turn. My String Quilt comes next.

#4 Hmmm... I think it's time I put together the neutral quilt I started for my brother and his (now ex-) wife's wedding gift way too many years ago. I'm pretty sure it moved here with us in the same grocery bag it's still in. It's pretty mindless sewing - maybe I should slip it in as a leader/ender project. I wonder what I could do with it? I don't know if it's big enough for our bed - maybe it could become a pieced background for an applique something or other? Yeah, right.