I have been killing my back for the past few nights, but dammit, I got all of the peices cut out for that quilt.

I've had this grid board for a long time, and I apparently bought a rotary cutter at some point, because I found that little beauty just waiting for me in my sewing box when I opened it up last week. I guess I've been subconciously wanting to sew and make a full quilt for some time; it took a complete knitting burnout to turn me towards it. 

At heart, I'm a knitter. It's my go-to craft; socks, lace, scarves, whatever is handy and easy to cast on with. I love the varieties of yarn, the different textures and colors and the amazing independant dyer movement that is going on drives me crazy with variety (hence, I have a yarn stash of ridiculous proportions). But occasionally, I get bored with it. I need to put it down and try my hand at something new. And I'm pretty sure that it's the Knitting Olympics that did it to me this time; knitting an entire sweater in a span of two weeks can make you cross eyed. In walks quilting, with the gorgeous fabrics and it's promise of easy projects, and I'm hooked. But we'll see how I feel after I've sewn together thirty log cabin squares and then put those squares all together in some sort of a pattern. I've only got two of the squares together so far, but I think they'll go faster now that I have a clue as to what I am doing. 

ETA: All right. Pictures taken.