Two things.

First of all: I love Weird Al:


Someone posted that on Completely Pointless and Arbitrary group and it made me crack up. Especially his expression at the end.

(And oh, how tempted I am to do that. Or, actually, rather, loudly count the items in the baskets in the people ahead of me to make it abundantly clear that I know they have more than the 20 items that the lane is supposed to be devoted to. Or maybe I need to borrow a child who has just learned to count to "big numbers")

2. I was in the mood to cut fabric yesterday - which doesn't happen often. So I spent some time (not a lot, as I had Board Meeting last night, sigh) cutting fabric. I got most of the cutting done on a quilt called "Dozen Roses." It's from the Bundles of Fun fat-quarter book: 12 fat quarters, cut to yield 12, 5" square pieces each. Then you arrange them so the fabrics run diagonally across the quilt:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2

and so on.

I had had a stack of fat quarters that I think I ironed three separate times planning to cut the top, and just kept not getting around to. They are mostly very bright fabrics, some of the patterns look almost 1970s-inspired, and I have several from the Woodland Wonderland line (that is example is the deer; I also have the rabbits and the mushroom print, both of which are apparently out of print). And I have some very cute pastel tree print, and one with cute bugs on it...all pinks and that bright green and some orange.

So I got the blocks for that quilt cut (it's just simple cutting). I also ironed off and started cutting the 4 1/2" by 7 1/2" rectangles of the turquoise and brown fabrics for the Flower Show quilt I posted about the other day.

I don't generally have cut fabric "ahead" - though maybe it's something I could do, when I feel like doing a bunch of cutting, cut the pieces and have them on hand for when I have time to do the layouts (which does take time) and then have the laid-out, pinned-together stacks for when I'm ready to sew.