A "hallelujah" quilting moment

Do you ever have "hallelujah" moments?  You know, when you are so relieved that you think angels just might start singing?  Okay, the angels are a bit extreme, but I did have a "hallelujah" moment this morning when I put the last stitches in the binding on a quilt I have been working on for a while.  It's a quilt that has plagued me.  I almost scrapped it a couple times.  I made multiple mistakes and had to unpick it many times.  The quilting didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked.  I'm just so relieved to be done.  The good thing though is that I actually really like it now that it's all bound and finished.  I cut it out a month or two ago when I was still working on the subway quilt.  This quilt is also made of lots of little squares.  I'm not sure what I was thinking when I decided on the pattern, but I might have a sickness.  I need to stop with the little squares. 

It's actually a gift for my brother and his wife for Christmas.  I found out a few days ago that they are coming up for Thanksgiving as well as Christmas.  I really wanted to give them their quilt early since they live in a furnace and have about six weeks of "winter" each year.   I decided to push through and get it all finished up so I can give it to them while they are here.  They might as well get as much use out of it as they can. 

Now I just need to throw it in the wash and wrap it up!  I'll most more pictures after they open it. I don't want to spoil too much.

My other project has been working on a mug rug for my swap.  Here is what I came up with.  I know, more small squares.  It really is a sickness.  I do think I'm going to make a second mug rug to send along.  I have a fun idea for a wonky log cabin that I want to try.  None of the fabrics I used are actually Christmas fabrics.  It was fun to pull together other things from my stash.