for several months (because that's how I roll) I've had this stack of cut-up jeans that needed to be made into squares for a picnic blanket. Denim picnic/beach blankets are the BEST in my opinion, and so durable, etc. etc. 

so the other day I finally got to work and cut a bunch of 5 inch squares.  I got a stack big enough for the size blanket I wanted.

and my bag full of jeans scraps is still almost the same size as it was when I started! I'll probably be able to make up 3 or 4 quilted tops with the fabric I've got here. Perhaps I was a bit zealous, no? 

I have a couple of really cool Harry Potter patches to add to one of the blankets, too. Maybe I'll even have it done around the time that the 6th movie comes out.... :)