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I decided to get my aqua colors out yesterday morning to start playing with them to see what I have for the two blocks of each color that I am doing.  Plenty to choose from.

Then I remembered that from last years aqua colors I had cut some 1.5 inch pieces and 2.5 also and probably had some in my boxes.   So I sat on the floor and got them out.  This box holds my little 1.5 inch box of squares – and sure enough I had some – the Country Charmer calls for 1.5 inch squares  this will save me cutting and give me more of a scrappy look. (when looking I realized I have plenty of neutrals too for A Charming Country Christmas instead of cutting into other pieces I will look here first)

A variety of aqua colors – some light some dark, some a little more blue, some a little more green.

I decided to go with the light colors for the corners.  I had some 2.5 inch blocks that I could cut in half and then trim to size for the darker aqua.  I need to look through the colors now and pick out four pieces for #H and then get to the newsprint style of fabrics for the rest and this will be the first of two.  I hope to start sewing on it later today.

Plenty in my box of the newsprint type for this quilt – each of these blocks takes about a 10 inch square if you cut it right to get the most out of it.

Quilting on Dresden Garden from Sunday night  – I was asked what do I use to mark my quilting lines  – I use the blue wash out pen – Mark B Gone – it is not expensive and can be found at Wal-Mart and various other stores and quilt shops.  It is sold under a variety of names – this is the one I usually grab as it is at Wal-Mart and I am in there weekly it seems so easy to grab several so I always have them on hand.  I have been using it for 20+ years and have never had a problem with it.  I do wash my quilts though and I know some of you do not.  If you do not wash your quilt you need to get it very wet all the way through to the backing kind of wet!!  It is possible if it is not wet enough that the blue could be mixed in the batting so you really need to get it really wet.  No heat near the blue line area until you know it is out.  I do wash my quilts and put them in the dryer afterward and have never ever had a problem and I have made hundreds of quilts and probably have used the pen on half of them.

When I left the fitness center yesterday afternoon around two in the afternoon this is what I saw on the odometer – 76 degrees!!! yes 76, it felt like it too.  I had a long sleeve t-shirt on and wished it had been a short sleeve shirt – when I got home a short while later it was 73 that is a common difference as we are on a ridge above the valley.  76 degrees really isn’t that common for March 2nd but it sure was nice!

The clematis are leafing out!  More yard work will need to be done – a little every other day or so and maybe I can get these flower beds cleaned out and some new annuals planted here and there among the others.

Linking to Roseanne and Sue’s To-Do-Tuesday —