I used Neptune on one of my first quilts and loved it. Poor Becket has a mod Bento Box in Neptune that's been sitting in pieces for ages.

It reminds me of Hawaii - and the honu that I love. So it's fitting that the first thing I make when I FINALLY turn my machine on since we left for Hawaii more than a month ago - is a Neptune block for Julie.

It was a wonderful way to get back into the groove!

To Julie with love...

These are not my colors.

This is not my fabric.

It's hard to work with OPF sometimes.

I know, you've heard me say, it's such a treat to work with OPF.

But.

Now you all know I love Julie.

She's one of my peeps.  She is a great help in the booth at beyond the reef.

She is a fabulous quilter, designer, she has a great 'style' of her own too.

So.

I just gotta go with this project - in I go...

I cut the fabric - well most of it.

I start sewing.

I have to cut more fabric.

.....daaaang.....

These blocks are looking pretty great!

(the colors, you guys - not the blocks, well, the blocks are coming along too)

But, daang, Julie!!!

These are coming together!!!

So I decide to keep sewing.

Then I think - wait.

"Punch Drunk Love"

Hmmmmm.

Now I'm not sayin' anything here - not promoting the use of any distraction while using heavy machinery...

But I just couldn't stop sewing!!!

I did a partial punchdrunklovewithpiecedcenterblock

just because at this point

I'm lovin' this project - I'm lovin' the tulapink fabrics

I'm thinking,

Yep.

this Julie knows her stuff!!

Thanks for letting me out of my box.

Out of my comfort zone.

Again.

Natalie.