It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Yesterday's forecast of "1 to 4 inches of snow" must have been a typo, since we're closing in on FOURTEEN. One to the Four, more like it. Word.

But that's not the only sign of Christmas around here, oh no. Not at all. I, ahem, have finished piecing 1/2 of the Christmas Extravaganza or whatever it's called Quilts! May I introduce "Saraswati," the quilt for my niece Alana. She'll turn 16 in August, and this quilt will signify the end of the line for the Christmas Gift Train. Boohoo (or yeah, as the case may be.)
I went with my gut and did the west facing point - it's what I wanted. Having the red/white division horizontal made the block seem wider, and threw off the proportion of the quilt. And one more reason, or maybe subconsciously THE reason, I couldn't put these blocks pointing north? They look like advancing legions of Santa Clauses! Nightmares!)

I've switched thoughts on Phillip's quilt. I was thinking it'd be something simple, like Sticks and Stones, but the colours won't present themselves. So now I'm leaning towards Chinese Coins, but instead of full length strips, have them broken up into maybe 18" chunks. I'll sleep on it.