I feel like Rip Van Winkle

Last night (well actually this morning) I went to bed what I thought was around 1 a.m.  I laid around in bed this morning with the sun shining thinking about what projects to conquer today and my clock said 9 a.m.   Just another lazy Sunday.  Went thorough my morning routine of getting ready for the day.  

I'm cruising around the house and noticed one of my clocks said 11:30. What!!  I then realized that we had a time change and the clocks sprang forward a whole hour.  I felt like Rip Van Winkle.  My morning was already gone and I haven't attempted to conquer a planned project.  Well, after conquering the time change on all my clocks I headed for my studio.  Better later than never.

Despite this hiccup it's been a wonderfully productive day.  My scrappy Potato Chip quilt is done!  This was an August challenge from our quilt guild to use up the fabrics accumulated in the Trash to Treasure tote from this past year.

You might wonder what the heck is a Potato Chip quilt.  While this quilt block goes back at least 100 years, it has been published under several names over the years.  The Potato Chip block I also known as the Broken Courthouse Steps - it is a variation of the log cabin block.

The current name Potato Chip block is only a few years old.  The idea behind this current name is that this quilt is so simple and quick to assemble, "betcha you can't make just one".  Recall the Lays potato chip motto: "Betcha can't eat just one"?  Hence, it's named the Potato Chip block.  And as they say with so many fabric colors and layout variations it is hard to make just one!

Here is my guild challenge quilt.  It measures 84" by 96".

This was a fun quilt and as the saying goes it is hard to make just one - I have another potato chip quilt almost ready to post.  I couldn't make just one!

And yes, as you see we are still in snow mode.  Makes coming home from vacation hard.  But I feel hopeful - spring is a couple weeks away and the temps are in the 30s and 40s.  I am on a mission to conquer some UFOs before the weather sends me outdoors.