sewing | First time back to sewing/quilting

I finally got my sewing space set up...and then we had to move before I got a chance to sew anything. We are in the new place now (finally), but my crafting table is being used as an impromptu computer table. Today I just had such an urge to sew (after years of not doing much more than hemming pants) that I commandeered another table and set up the ironing board in the middle of the room.

I've been itching to try crazy quilting for ages. So I did:

12" x 12" crazy quilt block in purples, pinks, blues, and teals, mainly batiks I had in my stash:

From another angle:

I'm not sure what I want to do with it, though. I had planned to turn it into a throw pillow, but it doesn't really match the other rooms in my house and it's so distinctly "me in high school when I was buying lots of fabric" that I'm not sure who else would have a space for it in their house. But as a lap blanket, I bet I could find a spot for it...hmm...I do have lots of that fabric to use up...

There are still a few places I want to do some embellishments, mainly so I can secure a few angled edges that didn't get sewn down (the edges are just ironed under and pinned down). So I think I might play with that some and then see how I feel.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

cross-posted to my journal

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Actually, I've been given to understand that throw pillows are supposed to provide accents and dashes of color and are not really supposed to 'go with" a decorating template.

It looks warm and snuggly, though.

Mmmmmmm, warm and snuggly...

:) Yeah, I don't really have "control" over the decorating of the main rooms of the house...and my partner is not really a "decorative pillow on the bed" person at all...I am thinking lap blanket...or throw pillow as present. But lap blanket is calling meee...so warm and snuggly, you're right.