Eve of the Eve of the New Year

I finished the backing yesterday, so woke today determined to get everything pin basted before heading out to visit Mom this afternoon. And I succeeded (with time for a shower, to boot)!

In the past, I've pinned the outer edges very closely--end-to-end closely--but this time I dropped that step. It'll be interesting to see if that's a time advantage or detriment in the long run.

Throwback Thursday

Long ago in another century far, far away, the social media platforms were things called "newsgroups". They could be as broadly- or as narrowly-defined as you'd wish. The one I enjoyed the most (and got the best friends from as a result of my participation) drilled down the categories

Recreation>

    Crafts>

        Textiles>

            Quilting

and was known as RCTQ.

One day a lass on RCTQ sent out a distress signal. "Help!", she cried, "I've created volcanoes where quilt blocks should be! I hate, Hate, HATE this project now and wish someone would take it off my hands and out of my life."

So I did.

POUT drawer, the last reveal

There was one more project to be uncovered in the POUT drawer:

This was in the process of being hand-stitched together, and I distinctly remember working on it in an airplane.

The big picture: