Three days with NO hammering, sanding, etc.......

Today is the first day of 3 days in a row with NO hammering (or sanding or other construction-related noises) around here! That means I can catch up on my medical typing. Also, hubby and I are going to paint the bedroom. The guys who are putting the new ceiling in place in that room made sure their tools and supplies are out of the way so we can do that easily. I chose a beige / tan color...very neutral but better than the white that is on the walls now (builder's white paint). I will make valances and throw pillow covers and have the room look "new" once the construction is done and our furniture is taken out of the storage pod.

Anyway...........below are some photos of blocks I have done from the Sylvia's Bridal Sampler book I got (and showed here a day or two back). I am enjoying doing these. The whole quilt has 140 blocks and I intend to do all of them. I was puzzling about what color scheme to use and then decided to do it all scrappy....and then tie it all together with sashing and borders. I am picking fabrics I have in my stash (so far) and really like...but ones for which I had no other plans.

These are the first 2 blocks I made.....called Album 2 and Friendship Star. The Friendship Star looks light here but it's got slightly better contrast when you see it in person or if you click to enlarge it. The Friendship Star is a very easy block and Album 2 wasn't difficult, either.
This was the next block I made.......called Blazing Star. It has the Y seams....and there were 8 sections where they had to be used (2 seams per section), so it had an appropriate name...BLAZING...as it was trial by fire for me to make this block! I had to do the Y seams by hand....because I made a mess doing it by machine. If you click on it and look closely, you will see it's not perfect (centers don't match exactly) and it's a little "bumpy" in spots..... BUT I have declared it fine enough to go into the quilt. You know the old saying...."It will quilt out". I could tell I got much better with the Y seams by the end of the block, though, so I don't anticipate trouble in the remaining blocks with Y seams.After doing the difficult (to me) Y seamed Blazing Star block, I allowed myself to do an easy one.....this Churn Dash block. So...I now have 4 of the blocks done and "only" 136 to go. How long do you think it will take me to make this quilt top?? LOL