A New Tradition

It's Mereth's birthday today. When we were kids Mum had to buy 2 sets of birthday presents; on my birthday we both had a present and on Mereth's day we both got another one. We always got the same thing, so if I opened mine first, Mereth would know what she was getting. To avoid disappointment we got double. Interesting that in modern days one present would not cut it; shades of Dudley Dursley shouting '36 presents! But last year I got 37!' Harry Potter reference there. At Christmas we would sit back to back to unwrap presents, and no exclaiming out loud to ruin the other's surprise. 

I think I might institute a new tradition, to start something new on my birthday. This 9-Patch hired man's quilt was on an auction site somewhere.

The green and yellow print setting fabric appeals to me. I've been hoarding those sort of fabrics for decades.

They have sat on the shelf untouched for long enough.

I have enough for 6 quilts, plus a lot of FQs.

I have three 1 yard pieces of this, which tells me I bought it at Spotlight, from their American precut selection. It's a strange print for them to have, they don't go in for repros, but I gladly bought all I could find. I realised that some of the neutrals I bought yesterday would be perfect for the 9-Patches, and I could use my Precious scraps for the coloured squares. 

And thus another WIP is born.