Now for the hard part. . .

.   .   .putting the whole quilt together.

I finished replacing the center squares in the gold stars and laid out the quilt center in the floor.  You can see there in the top left corner how much room I have to move my sewing chair!  I need to get it assembled quickly and out of the way.  I like my substitution.  I brings the green into the red areas and the red into the green areas and balances the design, at least in my view.  I am so eager to finish this quilt!

What to work on next?  Well, I have both a New Year's Eve and a New Year's Day mystery quilt to complete - all I got done on each on the day was assembling the blocks.  Then, I can try to finish a small quilt I started making of scraps from Mods's Fig Tree designer lines so I can get that off my design wall.  Of course, I have other unfinished projects like assembling the Civil War sampler quilt and the EQ sampler quilt.  And the Blue Ridge Beauty I started during Orca Bay.  And the quilt my husband wants made out of cat fabrics.  And the Cheddar bow tie blocks that have been languishing in their box.  And.   .   .and, well a lot.  Quiltwise, my eyes are bigger than my stomach.  And I haven't even mentioned the black and white fabric I bought yesterday at Joann's for a black/white/lime green Orange Crush variation that is inspired by a lovely quilt I saw on Vivian's blog, Sew At Home On Pine Ridge.  Take a look at the quilt in her header and see if you don't agree that it's the most striking version of Orange Crush you've ever seen.  Bravo, Vivian!

I have to get some finishes logged somehow.  It's getting ridiculous.  I need to quit reading blogs and getting all this inspiration.