Another month of blocks DONE

I finished the T,Q, & V blocks today - these were the BOM for July.  It was quite frustrating because some of my pieces did not come out the size that the pattern required; I ended up having to add pieces here and there and, in the case of the Q block, before fusing and appliqueing the letter down, I unstitched the blocks on each side and cut a larger piece of background fabric.  I also wasn't paying close enough attention when it came time to cut the "T" - it ( and the Q) were supposed to be out of lime green fabric.  I knew it ahead of time, but somehow forgot until it was time to do the buttonhole stitch on it.  And, since I did the "T" with black like all the previous letters, I decided to just continue on using it.

Tomorrow is my birthday... would like to do something other than the A to Z quilt, but not sure what it will be.  I have to conserve my energy, though, because I'm hoping that I can talk hubby into going to a sock hop at the local senior center with me - It's my birthday, I should be able to do what I want, right?  :)  I might even be able to get him to join me in ONE slow dance - I'm hoping anyway.

I just checked the USPS website to see how close a pkg from China is to arriving here... it'll be here TOMORROW - FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!  I ordered some teardrop shapes for my Unicorn Quilt - after placing the order, I saw that it could take until OCTOBER 9th for them to arrive - that's also when I think I noticed they were coming from China.  I already have some crystals in teardrop shape, but they will need to be glued on... these that are arriving tomorrow have holes in each end so that I can sew them on.  We'll have to wait & see which one works better.