Paint Chips = The Ugliest Challenge In The World (and whaaatt??? Gardening??)

The theme here is PAINT. 

This quilt is so darned cute.

I love the fabrics.  I love the colours.  

THIS, however.  Mmm. Ghastly.  Sorry. 

The Paint Chip Challenge at the Caledonia Guild, where you stick your hand into a paper bag full of paint chips.  Pull out 3 chips.  Make a quilted anything. We are permitted to add Black, White, and ONE other colour.  Pfftt.  What other colour could I possibly add that would fix this hot mess?  Adding insult to injury:  I had to BUY fabric to make this.
Anyhow... I am killing two birds with one stone.  The Binbrook Guild is doing a BORDER challenge with instructions every month. In this pic I have the first two months completed, with another one to add before the end of January.

GARDENING IN JANUARY
This had the potential to be a really good post about getting your seeds ready and sterilizing your starter pots and all that stuff.  But ha ha ha - tricked again!
I wanted to let you know that I was out in the garden yesterday - JANUARY 16TH - digging the remaining leeks.  I mulched them back in early December and the ground was still dig-able.  So I brought those last 20 lovelies in and cleaned & chopped them for the freezer.  Hopefully I don't have to throw them out two years from now.  We'll see, eh?