Not sure I totally love the ribbon, but I like it more than not having anything on the side of the tote. 
The tote bag is finished although it is missing a little detail. It needs to be post marked by Tuesday so we will see if I add more detail to it or send as is.
Buttery yellow flannel on the inside. That was a remant from JoAnns, but oh so soft. Opps I should say almost finished, I do need to sew on a button.
All the values squares are sewn. Just trimming them before they are sewn together. I did throw out a few during the process. My light/dark match up just didn't look right to me. Think I have 120 squares left. 
Buttercup slept on it the entire time I sewed the binding. I think she claims it as her own. 
Several projects on my table. Where should I start?
Ended up using a grey woven cotton for the sashing. Found a black and grey plaid flannel for the backing. Funny thing is Mason has now become a quilt critic. All the sudden he has an opinion on how this should look and feel. He walked through the room a few minutes ago and wanted to know when it would be done. I must be doing something right.
The inside measurements are 15 inches. I put pins in the corners to mark the placement of the interfacing. Removed the template, put the t-shirt on the ironing board and placed the interfacing corners over the pins. It seems to have worked out.
All the interfacing has been ironed on and all the t-shirts have now been trimed to 15 x 15 inches. Next steps are to finish the pocket and make the monogram M. I did have one major freak out while ironing the interfacing on a white t-shirt. I had a moment that I thought I ironed the interfacing on the right side instead of the wrong side. Said a curse word and all was well. Guess I just had too many other things on my mind. 
There is a pattern to this. The rows repeat themselves in pairs. Hopefully I won't get too lost sewing them together. Spent last night using the June Tailor ruler marking all of the charms. 64 pairs of light/dark charms. That should end up giving me 128- 4 1/8 inch blocks. 3 1/2 inches after square up and final seam allowance. Too early in the morning to do any more math.
I picked this up at lunch today. I have read others comments on their blogs that it made triangles much easier. After the pin wheel quilt I realized I could use extra help if it was available. I will let you know how it works out.
Row three, column two is actually off the sleeve of one of the shirts. I am going to make it into a pocket on the quilt. Row four, column three, I am going to try to applique a M on the fabric from the back of one of the shirts. Thinking a grey flannel for the background of the quilt. At one point I was thinking denim but I don't think he would like the weight of it when done.
