Early Morning Piecing

Hunter had a wonderful time last night Trick-or-Treating. He was dressed as Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars. I think he was more interested in swinging the light saber around than he was getting the candy. We did have a nice time, but we were real tired by the time we got back home.
Here is a photo that I took last night of the sky...

What does a quilter do when she wakes up at 4am on a Sunday morning? First she makes a pot of coffee and then she starts cutting out quilt pieces. :) Actually I did work a little bit on my Red and White quilt, but you can't tell that I got that much done on it, because I was just cutting the strips into sections. That got a little old so I cut out 2 blocks from two of the new quilt books that I bought on Friday. I love these blocks but I think at least one of these will become a quilt!

This first block is called "Double X Variation" I love the quilt in the book and the block is not a hard block but I don't know if I would want to make enough of these to make a whole quilt. I think I will make another one of these later when it is not so early and see if I like the piecing process of it better the second time around. :) The block is a 10 1/2 inch block.

I do believe this second block will end up being a whole quilt! I love this block to and I did enjoy making it. Not at all hard but ends up being a nice looking block. This one is called "Turkey Tracks" and measures to 11 inches. I think I will cut a few more of these out and work on them along the way.
I really would like to get my red and white quilt pieced by the end of November. I do love the pattern for it. But I think I may throw in a few of the Turkey Track blocks along the way too. The quilt calls for 42 of these blocks with sashings between.

Also this morning, while piecing these two blocks I started a leader and ender project. Just scrap 2 1/2 inch blocks for 4 patches and 9 patches. I have a quilt in mind for those too.

Now I need to get breakfast done before Church...

Kristie