Scatter Brained WIP

I started out the week very focused - I needed to get the baby boy quilt done - he's coming in less than two weeks.  I spent my Friday Night Sew-In working on it and then finished it over the weekend.  It makes me smile looking at it.  (full post here)

 So- that part is good, but after I finished the quilt I got so excited about all these new ideas running around in my head that I went a little over board.  I think I was over congratulating myself for the finish.

First, I bought all the stuff I needed to make a diaper bag.  I've never made a bag before - it's always been on my bucket list, so even though I'm nervous I really want to try to make it.  I went pretty plain on the fabric, so that my hubbie wouldn't feel like he was carrying around a huge froo froo bag.  Your welcome, sweetheart.  :) 

 So I got the stuff, but then I was all sad that Skill Builder's been postponed and I thought now would be a good time to put together a quilt top or two from the 25 blocks I already have.  I have 2 different quilt top ideas floating around in my head, and I really think I want to do them both. 

But then, I saw all these amazing ideas for the Modern Mini Challenge being posted this past week and I couldn't help myself- I had to join in on the fun.  I've never made a mini quilt before - I don't even know what I'm going to do with it, but I wanted to do it anyway.  In order to justify my participation I made 3 rules for myself: 1- it has to be a block/pattern I've never done, 2- it has to be completely from my stash of fabric, and 3- I have to practice some Free Motion Quilting with it.

The lighting isn't the greatest for the picture, but this is what I have done so far: It's all cut out and ready to be sewn together.

And just because I'm feeling extra crazy this week I've decided to put together a tutorial on this block: the Album Four Patch (16" finished).  I'm hoping to have it posted by the end of the weekend.  I'm going to add a border or two for the actual mini-quilt, but I thought it would be a fun block to make for the center of the mini quilt.

So here are the ugly stats: 

Projects:
Skill Builder: working on 2 quilt tops simultaneously
Blogger BOM- next one comes out this week
Christmas Blocks - no progress
Halloween Wall Hanging - on some serious ice

Stats for the Week:
New projects - 1 (I'm not counting the diaper bag until I actually cut the fabric- for some reason that makes me feel better)
Completed projects - 1
WIP- 6

Check out what everyone is up to this week over at Freshly Pieced.  Maybe they were more successful at focusing than I was this week.