My computer appears to be fixed! Hooray! I've upgraded my primary computer to mountain lion and all is well. Can you hear me knocking wood? The office computer is now being upgraded and then the laptop. I find it amazing that I actually need 3 computers, but I do. 

With the computer humming along, I turned my attention to the quilt on the wall. Remember Tick Tock? I con't show the full quilt, but I can show some interesting parts. I got the backgrounds finished and had to decide what sort of applique was called for. 

You wouldn't know this, but I don't often work this way. I usually start with the whole quilt drawn, then I color it with fabric. Designing on the fly is harder for me — both challenging and exciting. I put some vinyl over a block and doodled…

Nice, but I've done more than one block like this before. There's nothing wrong with that, but I'm in the mood to change it up a bit.

I sketched and came to no comclusions. It did become obvious to me that this quilt was going to have flowers on it. I like flowers. They are colorful, pretty, and I enjoy the circular patterns that are almost always present.

I pulled out a stack of solids, arranged like a rainbow and combined them with the little black and white hex flowers that I've been making. I chose a color from the stack that made me happy and pinned it and a hex flower to a block:

Now what? I'll tell you more tomorrow.