strips, strips, and more strips :oD

Ok, one of the first quilts I ever saw was a postage stamp quilt. I thought it was about the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I wanted to take it home with me, but alas it belonged to someone else. Now with the help of Heidi and her tutorial, I am making one myself! YIPPEE. All those little squares look intimidating, but with a little effort you can go from these strips...

to this...

I've got several more sections to go, but the process is actually pretty simple. Please check out her blog by clicking on the button on my sidebar to get all the details.  So as you can see I've been taking a little break from the UFOs to play with lots and lots and lots of strips. I would love to know if you are joining in, and see your progress.  And as much as I would love to say this one will be mine, I think it is going to end up going to my son...he went crazy for it and only one section is done :cD  I also found a clever way to wrangle all those little stips. Check this out...

Any ideas what it is?  Well, I am horrible about throwing away the plastic packaging that things come from the store in. Especially when they have snaps or zippers. I figure I can find another use for them rather than chuck them in the trash. What my strips are in, believe it or not, is a plastic bag that undergarments came in! I bought what I needed from the store, couldn't part with the heavy plastic bag, then found out they are almost exactly 1 1/2 inches wide! Perfect for storing 1 1/2 inch strips for this project! Imagine that!!

On the UFO front, the star quilt along top is basted and ready for quilting. I am off tomorrow yet, so after getting another section or two done for the postage stamp quilt along done, I will be starting that. I have also pulled out the scrappy bargello to work on it some more. I am hand quilting that one, and I figure even if I just get a thread or two done a day, hey that's progress ;oD

Speaking of progress, I'm off again to try to make a little more. Hope you all have a great day, and find some time to make some progress on your projects too. Warmest country wishes!!