Do you hear that? It's the sound of relief.... why? I finally finished everything that had deadlines! Whew! Since a lot of my energy was being devoted to these projects (you'll be hearing about these in the future), I feel like I can work on some things that are a bit more complicated, time consuming, and just for me!

The first thing I did was sit down and calculate how I was going to make the Cowboy Quilt. To achieve a baby blanket size (45" square) I've decided on using only a portion of the quilt pattern - I reduced the number of blocks that I would make and eliminated the two outside borders. From there, I decided how much material to cut, sat down, pulled out the rotary cutter and went to work.

Now I can work on piecing everything together.