What to work on next???  Since I am the only member of my immediate family not to have or be working toward an actual PhD, I am glad to say that I have many quilting PHDs (Practically Hardly Done, for newbies).

With our guild show coming up in October, I need to make a mini-quilt for a raffle.  It can be anywhere from 6 by 6 inches to 24 by 24 inches.  I have it in my head that I should make a Christmas house scene.  I think that will be a popular theme in October.

I've been gathering fabrics.  I want it to be at night with a warm light shining out through the windows.  I've been thinking about this for weeks, and I think I'm going to have to combine foundation piecing with applique and a bit of hand embroidery. 

I found this dark, snowy sky piece several months ago.

I didn't think that I could use the dark sky for my foundation with the white snow on top of it, but I think the dark underneath really makes the snowflakes appear on the white.

Here is a very rough layout.  I'm thinking red door, yellow windows, green plaid drapes in the windows.  Hmmm, I'll have to be sure that the bricks are horizontal.  Vertical bricks won't make a very strong house, eh?

Time to get out the graph paper and draft it.  Any and all suggestions are most welcome.