Mardi Gras

Two and a half weeks ago the quilting circle at my church held its twice-a-year quilt day, when two dozen women gather in Fellowship Hall to work on their individual projects. We begin with a light breakfast, have a serious lunch with deadly desserts around noon, and I don't know when it ends because I usually leave at two o'clock. It is so much fun to wander around and see what everyone is working on.

I started this quilt that day. I had seen a picture someplace of a quilt like this with a white background and I had recently acquired two stacks of Tula FQs that I knew would be just right. I pieced a lot of HSTs that day, and that's as far as I got.

Yesterday it was nearly finished and I thought that since it was Fat Tuesday, "Mardi Gras" would be a good name for it. I was two hours short of finishing yesterday and brought it to completion tonight. But I'm not going to change its name to "Ash Wednesday."