I’ve been busy working on Christmas projects lately.  I’m working on a pieced quilt for my mother using this pattern:

I bought a charm pack of 40, 5-inch squares of food-themed fabric that I’m using (reminded me of my mother’s gardening).  Funny enough, it was late in the evening as I was pairing these with the white blocks, and I started feeling hungry, though I was full from dinner.  It finally dawned on me that I was hungry because I was working with this photo-realistic charm pack!  Yum – salad!

I’ve also been learning about values (ranges of colors) from a blog I’ve recently started following, Stitched in Color. It makes me want to make this quilt to play with values of different colors:

But before I do that, I have a few other quilts, a bag, and a serving set to finish for Christmas gifts!  I now understand the idea of starting home-made Christmas gifts in July…