what now?

i'm stalled on my building projects once again, so today, for the first time in forever i cracked open those blue sewing room doors to see what i could do with fabric. and i find myself a little stumped what to pick up.

i immediately rejected the two projects on the floor: "pinky stinky edna" and the yellow stars quilt. d5 hasn't finished the 16 patch blocks for "edna" and the yellow hst project was just a trial block i'm not ready to dive into yet.

i thought about making some binding for the liberty courthouse steps quilt when i realized i already had some ready and waiting. that felt promising until i thought about dragging out the cutting mats to trim the quilt. best to leave that until i have the other projects ready to trim also.

so then i looked at the two completed tops waiting for backs to see if i could easily get those done. 

i have been debating the options for my "groovy liberty" quilt for weeks. i desperately wanted to use that bright and bold colorway of the "fairy forest" print (not even positive on the name, but it's the one near the top with the red mushroom in it and at bottom left with the yellow flower), but after several hours of online research (really, ugh) i was unable to locate it anywhere at all and gave up on my hearts desire. i have a couple yards of "june's meadow" with a blue background that i got on clearance a few years ago. i've decided this is the easiest backing option. i didn't use it on the front of the quilt, but i did use another color of the print there and it has the right colors. it doesn't have the really bold, groovy look i wanted for the quilt, but it will do and it uses up stash.

the only reason i didn't jump right into basting this quilt together is that i want to batch baste this and the next one at the same time.

so i set my sights on the "sunny yellow crossroads" quilt to see what i could come up with for a backing. i have a few large cuts of golden yellow prints, including an especially large cut of this golden yellow gingham. i tried to make myself use it, but i just couldn't. i like this top a lot and i did not want to settle for a mediocre back that i wasn't chuffed about. so i went to etsy and found some more of one of the yellow bee prints which is now on it's way to me. which is great, but it again left me not making anything and sets me back from basting the liberty quilt.

this is beginning to feel like my building projects.

if i do find something to work on, i'll share it.