A friend suggested that I check out this blog, and the owner is offering a free pattern download. I checked out the pattern and found that it used 2 inch strips for the main colours, and can be made "scrappy", so I put aside the machine quilting that I was doing and pulled some strips from my 2 inch bin and started sewing!
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I helped to take my mind off the wasp stings I received while gardening yesterday. I have two on my right arm, one on my right leg, and one on my right eyebrow. There was a nest in the ground and I stepped on it while pulling weeds. Fortunately, I'm not allergic, so after some ice and a couple of Advil, I am much improved today. I do have some itchy patches around the bites on my arm and leg, but the swelling above my eye is gone, as well as the headache that it brought. I can't complain too much as this is the first time I've had any stings in over 40 years of gardening!