I’ve been cutting and sewing — that’s what quilters do !! The bow tie blocks are almost done. Here’s the completed stack; the turquoise strips separate groups of ten. I have three or four more blocks to sew and then I can play with the quilt top block placement.

I’m also working on a side project to replace the very first placemats I quilted. The quality of those placemats are awful - but, hey, they were my first ones. Among the first orders I placed for fabric were the “cats” 10” squares. I love the fabric and thought they’d make good placemats. The picture below is the quilt sandwich; you can barely see the black backing, then the batting and the top layer, the cat fabric. The binding on the red mat will be turquoise and black for the blue.