Guilty again...

You know how I said I felt less guilty about buying more fabric because I'd finished Corvin's quilt...

(Cue intense music)

This box showed  up on my doorstep the other day...

Okay. It didn't just magically show up... I knew it was coming. If you don't know about MSQC, check them out. They offer up a new daily deal each day - usually a Layer Cake or Jelly Roll for around half price. The other week there was a Layer Cake (Pack of 10" squares) on sale that was just perfect for Mom. Her birthday is right around the corner so I snagged it. (turns out it was too perfect... she saw the daily deal too, and bought it for herself. But you can never have too much fabric, right???)

Since its flat rate shipping, I decided to add in a couple charm packs for myself... you know - just to make the shipping cost worth it!

I don't feel guilty about this pack. It's full of scotty dogs and plaid which will become placemats for Dave's grandma for Christmas.

I do feel a little guilty about this one. It's going to be a second quilt for the bedroom. But I absolutely HAVE to finish the bear paws first - as it's for the bedroom too.

This one I feel terribly guilty about. I have no plan for it. The colours don't match anything in my decor. But ...BEES.... MONARCHS!!!! I just had to have it.

To assuage my guilt, I decided I better get moving on my other QotGs. I spent part of the weekend cutting the plain squares for the bear paws, and the sashing pieces for the pinwheels, so no time like the present to sew.

I decided to tackle the pinwheels first. It's a lap quilt for the livingroom so it's much smaller than the queen-sized bear paws. With the help of my snoopervisor

I managed to get about 1/3 of it together.

I'm so pleased with the chocolate brown I picked out for the sashing. It was tough deciding on a colour to go with these. The corner stones area a greenish-beige I picked up in a remnant bin. I planned to add them to the paws, but they work quite nicely with this. Originally I planned to do plain brown squares in between each pinwheel, but some quick calculations determined that would make it too big.

I don't have a backing picked out yet, but I was eyeing up my stash, and I actually have a chunk of pink and brown flannel that may work if it's big enough. I think a flannel back will make it nice and snuggly!