New Horizons

It's the last day of the month, so I suppose that means I should probably finish up my May Basics blocks.  :)  Here's the last one:

In the mean time I'm starting a project I've wanted to do for a very long time.  About a year ago I found the patterns for every LDS Temple here.  I was so excited to do a wholecloth mini quilt of the Madrid Temple (where I served an 18 month LDS mission), but other projects kept taking precedence and it kept getting put on the back burner.  I finally resurrected the pattern and printed it out this morning.

I'm so excited to try something like this I can't even tell you.  It's just the outline, so I get to choose thread colors, quilting designs, and basically everything on my own.  I may add a tree or two with some clouds as well.  It's 2 x 2 feet in size, so it's going to take me a while to complete this. My first step is to borrow a light box to mark the entire outline on the fabric.  Hopefully I'll have some progress to show you soon!

Close up view of the top of the temple