I’m starting a new project. The pattern is called Return to the Past and comes from a book titled Every Seven Years by Gerry Kimmel-Carr.
It’s the quilt that’s shown on the front cover of the book.
It’s kind of funny because Gerry got her inspiration from an antique quilt, but changed the green to blue in her version. I’m going back to fabrics more like the original.
I belong to a Prim and Folk Art yahoo quilting group. The group Mother wanted us to sign up to do a bed sized quilt of our choosing, but do it as a BOM. We were told to divide the project into 12 sections. On the last day of each month we are supposed to post a pic of that month’s block/portion of the quilt.
It’s hard for me to BOMs. I get my fabrics out and get all revved up about the project, then do one block and have to set it aside. I generally prefer to keep going once I start something or I’ll loose my enthusiasm.
I’ve gotten block 1 done and have set the project aside..for now. I made a bunch of bias stem pieces and rolled them onto an empty toilet paper roll so it’s ready to go next time.
I do my quilting in the Winter months but I didn’t mind stopping for this month’s block. At some point though, I may just keep going on the applique and just post pics to the group when I’m supposed to? 
The center block and the borders have birds in them. I’m looking forward to doing those. I love birds!