Crystal Meth

Well, for a sick day, it has turned out to be a productivity day. Joe says that I don't cough as much when I'm sewing, and I believe he's right. I wonder why that is?

Outside the window where the birdhouses are fastened under the elevated deck, six of 'em, various sparrows have been going in and out of various bird holes, carrying various things. It's that time of year! I took a handful of dryer fuzz and spread it on a craggy stone, thinking they might find it attractive. Also put out some thread mats. We'll see.

Anyway, as I've been sewing the What Was I Thinking? rows together, I've replaced them on the floor with the Leader-Ender Jewel Box blocks. Will be putting them together next. No border for this projct. It's been fun to see this quilt "make itself."

But there are plenty more leader-ender components, and plenty more of that particular scrappy fabric. I put a group of components up on the wall and started moving them around to see if there was something different from Jewel Box to do with them. And -- viola! I came up with this arrangement (Jewel Box on top for comparison)! Am thinking that I could make these blocks out of the leader-enders and they'd form the secondary pinwheels where they joined.

Oops! Just noticed an inverted component in the bottom row. Must fix that before stitching. I don't know that I've ever seen this block before. I'm going to call it Crystal Meth in honor of my missing drug-of-choice. So now I am producing Crystal Meth in my studio.

Please don't tell the feds!