here i go again

so now i think i'm joining quilt dad's wonky quilt-a-long. am i a glutton for punishment?! do i not already know i cannot do as many block swaps and mini quilt swaps this month due to multiple birthday's in my house (must plan 7 yr old birthday party....) and i have oh let's see....2 current knitting projects...1 QOV started... 2 quilt tops that need backs for myself...1 kid's quilt in hoop and sitting next to living room tv.... 1 mini paper-pieced mini quilt for my MIL*... plus a whole bunch of other things, such as finishing my illustration and getting the items together for my etsy shop.

um. yeah.

but maybe i'll use my christmas fabric that i've had sitting in plastic bins (i have more for various things in my storage unit. note to self: check on said storage unit this week since i forgot to cover items on weekend and there is construction to repair hurricane damage...) for the past 5+ years. i've never known what pattern to make in the first place. i have TONS of the fabrics. they're taking up lots o' space. who needs 4 yards each of two color variations of the same modern tree print? me apparently.

so tonight, i guess i'm pulling out the christmas fabric and taking inventory to see if that's what i'm using. i vow not to buy fabric for this one. unless it's backing or binding and i absolutely positively cannot find SOMETHING in my stash that will work.

*update on this paper-pieced mini... i'm a complete dingbat...when i finished it and went to trim it, seam allowances were not anywhere on the brain. until i made that last cut with the rotary cutter. i trimmed it to the finished size. nice. so now it's getting a third border. pictures later.