Sewing vs Sowing

While May has been busy and the weather volatile, I've been doing more sowing than sewing.  My projects are piling on top of each other.  Projects that in the works that need finishing:

1.  Swirling lonestar from last summer
2. 2014 block of the month using dryer sheets for scrappy borders - quilting and binding
3. 8 placemats for my daughter who at one point said I had made far too many placemats for her
4. Amy Gibson's Double Barnstar quilt - QAYG modern way...
5. The 9 blocks from the drawing at our Grand Rapids Modern Quilters monthly meeting.
6. June's block for our next meeting
7. and soon to come my Bee Hive blocks from the Stitiched Studio Modern Beehive!
8. and way down the list the block of the month from 2013!
9. Clean out all my electronic bookmarks and files of patterns "I love" and will never use....
10. all the projects I have forgotten about and find underneath new fabric purchases on the extra table in my sewing room....
11. Finish the binding on my Freedom Rings quilt
12. Finish hand quilting a quilt from a quilt that is huge - going to give away....

Whew! However I have about half of my windows washed, shopped for perennials and annuals and planted them all, learned that mowing most of my lawn is worth 5000+ steps on my FitBit and walked and walked.....and had fun with friends.
 Since the place mats need to be in Chicago I'll get those done this weekend.  Here's what they may look like.  The mats required 288 2 1/2" squares for the tea leaves/cathedral windows.  Anna and I found the fabric at the Chicago Quilt show.  All 24 blocks are made and ready to be attached to the plate part of the mat, as the tea leaf blocks attach on the left side.  What  do you think......

The teal mat will probably work best with her all white dishes.  The middle block immediately above was an experiment that I will keep.  Another experiment makes a block that resembles leaves pointing upwards.  When all the work is done I'll show you.

If you're thinking of changing your storage area a bit, here is a tutorial from Aunt Marti's 52 Quilts
for fabric boxes/cubbies.  Several tutorials may appear, the May 19, 2015 explains with great pictures the cubbie boxes.