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I am stalled on it at the moment. I was putting the top together and got side-tracked to work on a T-shirt quilt for my son who is graduating high school this year. I got his top pieced and backing sewed together but not yet layered and quilted.

Then I side tracked again and took apart a top I had made from my dad's flannel shirts. I had pieced the flannel top prior to starting the Orca Bay mystery. I had taken the lazy way out (because I didn't like the colors) and cut 6 X 12 in rectangles. I pieced the 6 inch ends together and placed 5 rectangles per row. I separated each row with a 2 in wide strip of another flannel that I bought. I got it all together and realized that I 'hated', hated, hated' the way it looked. I knew I would never finish it because I couldn't stand it. (Did I say I HATED it?) It has been sitting since I started the Orca bay quilt.

I finally saw a picure of Bonnie Hunter's Smith Mountain Morning quilt done in shirting prints and decided that this would be perfect for the plaid flannel. I decided that I hated the current version more than I hated unsewing. So I took apart the original top and started recutting. I have all the stars finished and I am working on the Courthouse steps blocks. I have had to buy some more flannels to supplement the shirts, since I only had 5 to begin with. I have designed additional borders to make it about twin size. I like this design much better and that will encourage me to finish the quilt.

I will get back to the Orca bay quilt eventually. I will have to quilt the T-shirt quilt first and at least finish piecing the central portion of the flannel quilt. Maybe finish all the pieced flannel borders before going back to the Orca Bay mystery.