I Got a New Lamp

I got a new lamp last month, for three reasons:  I love lamps, I love the color orange, and I love sales.

I bought it in early November when there were still lots of colorful leaves.  The chevron on the lamp shade looks like falling leaves.

That must have been an omen, because shortly after buying it, while taking a walk, I got hit in the head by falling leaves.  That was the first time that happened to me and it felt nice - a couple of feather-soft taps on the top of my head.  That was a good enough inspiration for me to start planning a quilt.  

First I collected a nice assortment of leaves.

Then I started pulling some coordinating fabric.

This is what I wound up with.  Now that it's been six weeks or so, and I've chosen a quilt pattern, I see I have too many fabrics.  The pattern has a healthy dose of "white space" so I really need to edit down unless I want a really scrappy look.  I guess I won't know for sure until I start cutting and throwing them on the design board.  

I'm going to start on this today.