Feeling Splendid

With the chaos of the past few months fading from memory I thought I'd give journaling another shot, hoping that a year-long quilt-along will help keep the momentum going.

I'm hoping I can resist buying into any BoMs this year, perhaps actually completing some from past years and using up some of the wonderful fabrics purchased in the past two years. At least I can start off with that goal, right? With that in mind, I've joined The Splendid Sampler group on FB and am aiming to make the 100 6" blocks for the coming year. 2 blocks a week is a nice pace and I may double them for a secondary sampler.

So here is Day 1:


And a pattern I've wanted to try for a while, the disappearing 9-patch.