A recent trip with family yielded much inspiration for quilting.  I couldn’t wait to get back home to start ripping up fabric strips from my stash to make something!  My husband, kids (both home from college for the weekend) and my brother, sister-in-law and nephews had a wonderful weekend hiking around Monterey Bay as well as making a quick trip to the Monterey Aquarium.  The colors in the water around the coast are mesmerizing. This is what I’ve started the first afternoon.  We’ll see where it goes….