A Little Room to Rest

I think the sashing strips give the blocks a little bit of space.  I don't have enough of a single green, so I'll have to mix is a bit of the slightly darker green that you see on the outer edge.  The inner bits are 1.5 inches and the wider outer part is 2 inches, so it isn't much, but I think it makes a big difference in the look of the quilt.  Kurt has taken the children off to the Art Festival and I elected to stay home alone.  It is the first chance I've had to sit quietly all weekend and I am relishing it. 

Progress on Purple

I'm finally starting to see some of the purple mile a minute blocks come out of the assembly line.  I've got them up on the design wall to think about for a bit.  At first glance there seems to be a lot going on.  I wonder if I should group the blocks by color?  Or maybe do rows?  Maybe some dividing stripes will calm it down a bit? For now I think it needs to sit and think a while longer.  Mabye soon it will tell me what it wants to do.