Conchalea -- wonderful quilt. I seem to remember Jenny Doan had a tutorial on a similar quilt, but now I can't find it. I love the idea of the outlier pink backwards spinning star.
Teen -- obviously you were well loved by the quilt shop. I hope when you get settled you'll find another one. Who knows, by next year you'll be joining us in reducing your UFOs!
The closest shopping center to me contains Office Max, Big Lots, Dollar Tree and JoAnn's. All four call to me big time. So far I've resisted stepping foot in JoAnn's, but the next time thread is on sale I'll have to. Maybe I can blindfold myself and have a clerk lead me to the thread dept.? That would be a sight.
Over the weekend I pieced three strip quilts from stash and bordered a couple more. I have eight tops to quilt and so I pulled fabric to piece for the backs instead of buying new fabric. When I get these eight finished I will have used 30+ yards from stash. Of course I probably have close to 1500 yards, but who's counting, right?