And then this showed up...

Man, I get derailed easily!

These Christmasy batiks were on sale at Hancock's of Paducah, and I have at least three table runner gifts to make this year. I hate to be thinking about Christmas halfway through September, but the reality is I'll be down to the wire, even planning months ahead.

I ordered the snowflake panel thinking it was smaller scale, so I was a little surprised when it arrived -- pleasantly, though -- and those snowflakes were 7" square.  It's a bit more olive than the website pic, but man, is it ever gorgeous! It'll make both a great backing and individual squares.

Seems I've created another project for myself. What else is new?

True to form...

My next project pull is done and ready before I've finished quilting the last.

Doing my best to exercise some self-control and finish the green flannel quilt before cutting into that stack, but it's not easy with all that luscious linen and those pink and purple prints taunting me. And with sticky temps in the high 80's today, maneuvering that heavy flannel sandwich isn't exactly pleasant.

I'm using the new project as incentive to forge ahead with the old -- sometimes that works, sometimes not.

Hope everyone's having a productive Labor Day!