“Family Birthstones” (formally known as “Aftershock” designed by Wren Collective) is complete. This quilt commemorates my family by using their birthstones as the colors. I think the double borders with mitered corners is effective and I kept the quilting simple. Overall, I’m quite pleased.

My next quilt is a “palate cleanser” - a simple quilt using a jelly roll (2 1/2” by width of fabric) of fabric I fell in love with - and I think you’ll be surprised by the fabric I chose:

This fabric line is titled “Delilah” designed by Whistler Studios for Wyndham Fabrics. And here’s the inspiration quilt that I liked:

I think I’ll be using sky blue ombre as the background color (her background fabric above is white).

The first clue in my mystery quilt will be here in early August and I’ll talk about that soon. New York Beauty needs more practice and I need to settle on the fabric I’ll use for that. Right now my brain is exploding with ideas for the fabric — too many to keep straight.