I like the blue and brown. Can you do narrow border in gold and then a final border in brown. That pattern looks like a great way to use focus fabric. 

Today I finished my quilt top that I sarcastically named my "2020 House Arrest Quilt". I have an appointment for a hair cut, another appointment for a dental cleaning and the local Panera Bread is open for business so I feel as though life will slowly begin get back to normal around here pretty soon. (Of course wearing a mask to get a haircut is not exactly "normal" but it's a step in the right direction .... )

Anyhow, here's a photo of something that could become a very colorful 48" x 68" picnic blanket someday, once I get the backing pieced. I took the top outside and spread it on the grass in the front yard under the shade of our ash tree to take the photo and to give the top the idea that it will become an out door blanket some day. 

The colorful dots fabric on the right in the photo happens to be in three pieces right now;; those have to be pressed and stitched into one big piece before they can be loaded on Lily Aurora to serve as a backing.

very colorful! just right for a picnic blanket.

lay top on the gold fabric to see what it will look like. 

I bet it will perk up the quilt a lot!

Judy that looks like a fun quilt to lay out in a grassy park and have a little picnic.

What about a small gold border and then a border of the focus fabric?  That might lighten your darks...or draw your eye away from them.  Lay it out and see....

That will be fun to use outdoors!

Judy, I love your  house arrest picnic blanket!  You  know that scrappy is my favorite and that one is a true scrap buster.  And the backing is very cheerful as well.  Today in Illinois it is too hot for this old lady to sit outside even in the shade.  Each year I dislike the heat more and more.

Well, aren't you lucky to be able to go for a haircut.  A few things may slowly open up here, but with our governor being such an idiot, I doubt it.  You have probably read about him.  I lost track of how many Illinois governors have ended up in prison.  Most of us downstate think that Chicago and its politics should just become its own state don't make the rural communities pay for all their problems.  Sorry--rant over.  

So, what will be your next project when this beauty gets quilted?

While I had the AccuQuilt GO contraption out so I could cut the various squares I needed for the "Color Mash-up" bit of folly I started cutting some  of my many off-white scraps into 1.5" strips. Then I dug into novelty scraps and other scrap bins and cut those into 1.5" strips as well. I'm well on my way into happily making ten inch diagonally pieced squares.

Just more mindless piecing which I find very relaxing while I ignore the heat wave outside. It seems we have gone from a very short cool and rainy spring to blistering summer overnight. Same thing probably happened in your neck of the woods.

I made myself a new mask out of a pattern that showed up on my youTube feed. I liked the profile and decided to make a pretty one as I have made masks for others but not a pretty one for me (i have been using some that DH company sent us).

I also finished my pants that I started last week..............I got the fabric at SAS thinking it was a rayon which is harder to sew than cotton but not that bad. Well I just did a burn test on the fabric and it is a synthetic, just melted. It was a bear to sew but I got the pants done with way more fussing than I have ever done. They look really good and are worth the fussing. I love the pattern as they are very loose, elastic waist but the front part is not elastic so gives some shape and there are some pleats on the front, gives a flattering profile for a nice pair of casual Summer pants. I will definitely make this pattern again.

I also finished up the first clue for the mystery quilt (Shout For Joy) on Facebook. She gave the next clue so I will be gathering fabric but I have to take my sewing machine in tomorrow as I think the timing is off. The zigzag skips stitches when it swings to the right and I have been using that for knit garmets which I have been enjoying sewing. It is also needed for buttonholes. The Bernina store (fixes all makes an models) so gonna try them out. You make an appointment (mine is tomorrow) and they usually have it done in about 3 days. The other place I usually go needs it for weeks and I do not have a backup machine here. They also had it in Dec for a tune up and do not want to guarantee the problem with the zigzag............it was not working first time I tried it a few weeks ago and the machine sat till I came down here in March so I suspect they did not check that, or they messed up something because it was working fine before.