I'm continuing to make progress on the Not Quite Y2K flying square project. I got all of the 9 patches for the centers of the blocks done. I am pushing and stretching myself, although I typically work in scrap quilts I have a lot of rules to create "attractive randomness". With this project I'm pushing myself to just let stuff happen, I sorted my 2.5" squares into light and dark (mediums ending up in both) and put them in tubs and stirred them well. I've let things happen I never would ordinarily do, like a light and a dark green ended up next to each other, checks together, other things I wouldn't ordinarily let touch, I'm using non-fussy cut squares that are mostly background and wonky cut stripes... I'm finding I had many fabric rules I wasn't even aware of. It's good for me to push myself a bit here and there.
Today is small group day, I'll be pinning on the outer edges which are the off-white rectangles with an assorted fabric on the end. Although I've been very good about just letting things happen so far, I'm going to sort out the off-whites first to try and keep more than one in the same block, next challenge will be putting together the top so they don't touch without being too picky or letting it happen if it does. I have 42 blocks and I think I have a couple of off-white fabrics that have 12-15 pieces.
The first seam is a partial seam so that all the rectangles will be whole. This project is keeping me busy so I'm not even thinking about buying more fabric. Well not much anyway! Still financially short so yesterday when I had my doctor appointment downtown I didn't even tempt myself with checking out the big Goodwill. Hard driving right past it without stopping but it's easier to stay on a budget if you don't tempt yourself.