One block at a time - it could happen!

Now that I am retired, I am hoping to spend more time whittling down my pile of quilting projects - new, old and well, vintage.  I was reading one of my favorite quilting blogs over the weekend and learned of a great way to do this - one block at a time, one day of the week! 

When I learned of this, I had two projects in mind.  One is a queen sized log cabin quilt in greens and off-whites with reddish-orange centers.  I have a large amount of fabrics stored away for this project but nothing is cut yet.  The other project is a lap sized quilt of 10" blocks with 2" sashing plus borders.  The blocks are the monkey wrench pattern and the fabrics are scraps from past Civil War quilt projects.  This was originally started as a class project but was never finished.  I chose this one to do as the Scrap Basket Sunday project because the fabrics are already cut.  Since I now split the majority of my time between urban life in NJ and mountain life in PA, I need to have projects that are appropriate for both places.  This one will be perfect for the mountain house, and it most likely will "live" there after it is completed.  I had no idea that this would be a variation of the the same block that Kim has chosen to do until I read further in her blog! 

Here is what I am using for this project with one completed block: 

 

I will be bringing one of my spare machines to the mountain house so I can chain piece the cut fabrics contained in the box.  The timing is good - this Saturday is opening day of trout season in PA.  Anyone who has a fisherman in the family knows what this means!