April is flying past me, like a train with cars bearing birthday, Easter, bathroom-construction, birthday, teething-fever, bathroom-construction, sewing-gig, taxes, birthday, sewing-gig, birthday, teething-fever, bathroom-construction and so on — whip, whip, whip, blurring my vision and leaving me gasping!

Before the month is out, I need to add April’s quilt square to my 2012 Quilting Challenge. I really had no ideas but then as I was hemming pants for a costume gig the other night, it hit me out of the blue that an umbrella would be sweet! And so it is, particularly on this fabric that almost looks rainy. I’m so charmed with this one and excited to use it on burping pads and quilts.