Grand Illusion Part 3

My progress on Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt Grand Illusion is slow but steady. It's not a race, I had to tell myself. Bonnie suggested that we make at least a few of each step and work on new steps as they are published. So that's what I am doing.  Those green square blocks are nice and quick. Bonnie definitely surprised us with this latest step. Many of the quilters in her last linky party arranged their parts into possible blocks that looked very interesting.  But now we have that 6.5 inch green/neutral block to fit in. Or maybe it's part of the border. Hmmm.... Anyway, here is the linkup:

By the way, I pressed the strip sets toward the greens, then pressed the long middle seam toward the black as Bonnie instructed. Pressing to the side helps the intersections to nest and I definitely need that extra bit of help to keep my seams aligned.

Today was the holiday party for my home airport pilots.I made pulled pork for the potluck dinner and it disappeared quickly. Then Santa arrived in a Cessna 172. My brother said Santa was supposed to be at a mall in Indiana today. I guess Santa made a quick trip to Pennsylvania to visit us, too!

Every year it seems to take me longer to get into the spirit of Christmas. Finally today I felt like decorating the tree and the rest of our house. I also made toffee, but am planning to give it away so I won't eat all that buttery, chocolately goodness.  I hope you are feeling the Christmas spirit, too!