What's next?

I worked all day yesterday on the shirts and now there are 6 plates appliqued. I forgot to get a picture of that, hopefully tomorrow I can show them all completed.

My little cross blocks are multiplying, seemingly without any effort on my part. They are still cute.

My drawers full of modern FQs are calling me.

I'm very tempted to get busy cutting these up, but I haven't chosen a pattern yet. If I used half of each one, would the remainder fit in one drawer? How many quilts would that make?  These are the questions that occupy my mind while I sew.

I picked up a bundle of scraps for a dollar from the op-shop; these were offcuts from quilts backings, complete with cotton batting still attached. I'll use the batting scraps to make some potholders and place mats, and the smallest scraps will go straight into my Log Cabin projects.

There were some useful sized pieces in there, including a handful of very old prints in little pieces.  How old?

The blue is part of my 37yo son's baby quilt, the pink is the scrap I picked up yesterday.  It's old.

After I'd appliqued for a couple of hours I needed some simple sewing time. This collection of triangles was quickly transformed into squares, and then sliced up to make 40 Scrappy Mountain Majesty blocks. 

Blissful block building is ahead.

It's all so straight forward after the intricacies of machine applique.