My kids are on spring break.  While this is a time for many students and families to run off a play for a week, my kids get to stay home and enjoy some down-time interspersed with doctor’s appointments.  It’s the only time we can fit them into their busy schedules unless we want to pull them out of school – and none of them want to be pulled out of school!

Spring break for this mom means no time to quilt.  I want to spend time with my kids.  It’s supposed to rain (GAH!  the mud!) most of the week so they’ll be stuck inside, when they’re not at their doctor’s appointments.

I decided I would carve out 30 minutes each day to sew.  Sunday evening was my first night of this spring break experiment.

I am making a 10″ block (finished size) lap quilt.  Super simple. I already had the fabric (from AbbiMays.com, of course) and the squares cut out so I sat down at my sewing machine and put together nine squares.  Just nine.  This little bit of piecing constitutes one-fourth of my quilt top (sans the borders).

How fun!  If I use those 30 minutes a day wisely, I can complete the quilt top on day five by adding the first border and adding the second border on day six.

HalleQUILTlujah!