First I made some more luggage tags. These are easy to do and because they use a bit of plastic to hold a card they don't look handmade (except for the strange job on the buttonhole stitch. That was definitely amateur.) I've sent these off to Leiya's friend for her birthday.
Then I decided that I really had been slacking on Prayer and Square Quilts. I still have two pinkish flimsys in a drawer but I really ought to have a stack of these ready for tying. The trouble is that I'm a little tired of making the Around the World pattern though it is very fast. So I thought I'd try my hand at something else quick and easy. Looking around the website I thought the Heartstrings quilt would be good but actually since I'm working alone, it took quite a while to make 24 heartstring blocks. Probably my strings are too narrow or something. And I don't think my choice of center fabric was very good. Much too busy. The result may be too showy for a Prayer and Square quilt (though cheery that's for sure). Question. What is the easiest and fastest quilt you've ever made? I mean I know I could just cut a couple fabrics into big 10" blocks and sew them together, but I want something that takes a bit more effort. I'm going to go back to the Prayer and Square website and look around but if you have any suggestions I would love to know.
It's a dilemma. For a prayer quilt, something that can be quickly made up is important. But it needs to be beautiful and comforting too. And considering the cost, it might be nice if I could just make it up from left over fabric that might not get used elsewhere. Trying to balance these three criteria is the challenge...
And lastly... What do you think I'm making with this block? I've gone wonky with this and I'm working on another identical block... 
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