Beauty From Ashes

While getting back to work on my snowball quilt I found that I had cut a bunch of squares too small, and was thus left with a bunch of triangles that were too small.  I didn't really want to keep the now "scraps" around, so I proceeded to pitch them in the circular file.  (Actually my file is more rectangle, but you know what I am talking about...)  Then it occurred to me that I should not be wasting the precious fabric (waste not, want not..) so I dug them out and decided to turn them into something beautiful.  And I immediately knew who I would make the something beautiful for... my dear friend and fellow quilter, Chris.  She and I had decided to take the "Snowball Challenge" a couple of months ago, and we have been working off and on together on the challenge ever since.  She made her snowball in reds and whites, and I made mine in greens and creams.  I thought it would be fun to give her a bit of my greens and creams in my own smaller version of a snowball.  Happy Birthday Chris!!  Thanks for being such an amazing inspiration to me!