TIME OUT FOR ONE OF MINE

From time to time I give myself a reward after a quilt has been finished and handed back to its maker. Even though I have oodles of UFO's hiding in my lurkim, when I came across this charming pattern, I just had to make it.  I used yardage from my enormous stash (and felt very virtuous for doing so, thank you!).

But first, I must tidy up my work space.

And my pressing space.

Now that I could actually see the top of my cutting table AND find the ironing board, I set about  creating these initial building blocks:

I used maybe 16 fabrics all told, in various combinations.  Next was to add sashing:

First corner finished.  Now to add everything else:

Isn't this a pretty block?  I can't wait to have another "free" day to work on this quilt.