Shop Hopping!

The latest shop hop in my area could not have come at a better time.

When I should have been working, I've been browsing this book that recently arrived on my doorstep.

I really love this pattern!  Of course, I don't have any fabrics that would do this quilt justice.  Hence my excitement with the Shop Hop.

(Lousy picture.  Taken with my cell phone.)

I tweaked my Pinwheels for Peace pattern a little.  I'm finally happy with the design and color layout of the pinwheels.  (The decision on the background/white space is another matter!)  Now I need to start making pinwheels!

I played around with what batiks I had on hand.  First time around I went with white and colored batik.  Don't really like this as much as I thought I would.

Then went with a two tone batik colorway.  I think this works better, especially if I can enough batiks in each color that will provide contrast in each block.  What do you think?  

These are 6 inch blocks.  I will probably go with 4 inch blocks to make the quilt size more manageable.

Now to get shopping.  I need quite a bit of colorful batiks!

Have an amazing day!!