More Tiny Blocks

It took all afternoon again, but I managed to knock off four more teeny tiny blocks. The mini quilt I'm making is called "Primary Squares." I might give it a different name when it's finished, but for now, Primary Squares will do. After having made one set of these, I thought the next set would go a little faster. Not. And I picked out all the color combinations for the remaining blocks, which took a surprisingly long time. By day's end, I had two more sets of two. First, these:

Smitty came down from the Clubhouse about then and reminded me that it's important to streeeeetch when one is engaged in masewchism. (Did you see what I did there?) Then he demonstrated proper technique.

After that, he gave me a consultation regarding my fabric choices.

He has excellent taste. If you ask him, he'll tell you about all the wildlife he's sampled recently...from voles, to mice, to little shrews. He's tried them all. By far, his favorite is the shrew, which can be eaten in one bite while simultaneously holding up one's pinky claw. (Pictures withheld.)

After that little break, I made the other two. With such small blocks, you might think I could manage more than four in an entire afternoon, but you would be wrong.

Here are the blocks I've made so far, and I'm halfway there.

Also, as promised, I finished up the next eight names for the Shop Hop quilt. When I've finished the mini, I'll get to work making the corresponding quilt blocks.

With that done, it was time to make up the second block for the Appalachian Memories quilt. It's hard to see anything in this image, but you can see that I've colored in the barn quilt. This is a Bear's Paw block.

And that's where I'll start when I'm finished here. It's a murky lurker today...raining hard, and nasty. A perfect day for venturing out to the grocery store. Not. And since I've said "not" twice in one post, you might also consider this opposite day. If I say I like something, you can be assured that I don't.