It has certainly been too cold for me to go outside.  So this is what I did with my time (staying warm) in the loft.

 

I picked out a bunch of "sunset" colors, and organized them from lightest to darkest.  Then I cut and stitched the strip sets, keeping the colors lightest to darkest.  From the strip sets I cut rows of different widths.  Look at the top left corner and move your eyes down the row.  See the light to dark?  Then it repeats, shifting from fabric #1 to #2 and so on, across the top.  

 

Of course, I worked from a pattern;  it's called Bargello.  It was hard enough just choosing the fabrics;  no way I could have thought up this pattern.  But it really was fun.  I will probably do it again using different colors.   At first I had to really focus on the process, but then it just flowed.  And three days later I have a quilt top.  Now, back to the quilt shop to get it quilted.

 

I'm having fun in the cold of winter.  How about you?  What are you doing to stay warm and occupied?   

 

 

HAPPY WINTRY DAYS!!!