Rainbow Blues

I'm really busy at work, and rather overtired. Doing something creative usually rejuvenates me, but I just don't have the energy.

(Here I've just flipped one side to see what it looks like.)
 

I want to play with my rainbow blocks but I'm just not feeling the mojo.

Which is really interesting because as soon as I get into bed my brain starts spitting out ideas, and I end up rolling around in bed, not being able to sleep.  There is one idea I haven't put up on the wall yet, and it might be a keeper.  We'll see.

Alex's Train Quilt

This quilt was made for Alex, who is 5 and loves Trains.
I made most of it using my standard method of creating "crazy blocks."
But as I was working on it, I found Tonya's tutorial about Wonky letters. I decided to put Alex's name in the quilt. Then I thought, I should make a train. Then I thought, I should put his name on the train.Because I never know how big my quilts are going to be when I start, and I hate measuring all the time, I tape an outline of the top of a bed in painter's tape on my dining room floor. The very bottom line is the measurement for an Extra Long Twin, and the line a few inches higher is the measurement for a regular Twin size mattress. This way I can lay the quilt down and know how big it's getting.
As in all my quilts, this one is tied and the backing folded over to a self binding, then machine stitched down. Naturally I miter the corners.
Alex loves his quilt.

Alex is Violette's older brother.