Gray on the Inside, Gray on the Outside

The little 6" finished black and gray blocks continue. I have lost count of how many I have made at this point. I just know that I have fewer than twenty-five until there are enough for the layout that I'm working toward. It is one of the designs in the back of Tula Pink's book and it looks like skyscrapers. I have a clothes basket full of all of the gray and black and black/white and gray/white fabrics I had around, including some I acquired for this project and some that were begged from friends. It is going to be a nifty quilt, and, frankly, I do not look forward to the assembly process -- there are a million skinny little lattices that must be lined up  . . . .

But I tell you, between the gray on the wall in the studio and the gray of the dirty snow and the clouds outside my window, I have about enough gray going on.

The remedy, of course, was to start a lively leader-ender project. I dug into the bin of CWs and pulled out some oranges, some greens, and some yellows and started working on a dozen blocks. I had seen a photo of a quilt on Pinterest that I liked very much; it had a lot going on and was bright colors. So that's what I'm trying to do. The blocks will each have HST borders and then there will be lattice and cornerstones and lions and tigers and bears and a border or two and this leader-ender top will be the absolute antithesis of the skyscrapers!