question: what is it?

Answer: I don't know! This is what is evolving from the set of quilting fabric strips I sewed together the other night. I cut them apart in strips and sewed them back together top to bottom. The first thing you will notice is that I am NOT a quilt piecer. Any edges/corners that match up are purely chance, I can assure you.

I tried out all of my sewing machine's fancy stitches (not that many, but some are interesting) using a variegated quilting thread which seemed to highlight the piece's many colors. It is backed with ordinary craft felt which gives a firmer surface for sewing and seems to work quite well.

I'll start embellishing this with various things and probably turn it into artist postcards. The squares are too big to translate well into ATCs, I think.

I was working on this at the dining room table last night, keeping company with my middle son who was doing homework preparatory to returning to school this morning. He has been down with the same virus I had earlier, and my youngest son before me. Now, of course, my oldest son has it, to be followed, I'm sure, by my husband. Did I mention that we're all REALLY ready for spring here?

Hope you all are in better health at your houses.