red, white and blue

Here's one of my unfinished projects.

Last year I spent HOURS cutting up some plaid shirts.

It's SOOOO much easier cutting fabric that does not

have all those little buttons and seams in the way.

I still have more blocks to make....

I'm trying to decide how I'm going to lay out the blocks.

Should I put some off-white strips between the blocks??

or make another kind of block that alternates with these???

I'm stuck....

Today I'll quilt this top for a donation.

PERFECT color of Veteran's Day!!

AND.....
after dropping some things off at the dry cleaners this week
I noticed my dry cleaner's pin cushions.
They were OLD and SAD.

Sam, the dry cleaner, is the BEST small business owner I know.
He knew my name after my FIRST visit, years ago.
That really impressed me!
Amazing what it means to you, when someone knows you
BY NAME.
Even though I live in a busy city....
it feels like a small town in businesses like Sam's.

Sooo.
This little pincusion shirt goes to Sam.