WIP Wednesday again

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced Work in Progess again. Good thing this keeps me motivated to keep things going. I love that Lee over at Freshly Pieced has this link up on Wednesdays!

 Here is what I am working on.  More Craftsy BOM from 2012......This quilt is making use of 6 of the blocks. 

These blocks have a little more brown in them than the previous ones I used up. I think orange and brown with touches of pink will make it look great. 
Here is the first one using 9 blocks. 
5 blocks to go............stay tuned!

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