Sunday wrap up

I needed to get this bird house block done before the end of the month so I can get the next month's block free, at the Americana quilt along!  I had trouble following the directions, which seems to be my problem lately! But I was able to figure it out by looking at the picture.  There are 4 of them and I should have just done all 4 at once..but I didn't!

Next I added some more Rail Fence blocks, laid out here to get an idea of what colors I should add next...   I can't seem to get them all turned the same way!

and in addition to the Rail Fence square, there is another quilt in this fabulous book by Sujata Shah, "Cultural Fusion"  -- the Peppermint Pinwheel.  I made a couple test blocks out of sheets, and I see it isn't as easy as it looks! But it is cut freehand, so suppose you'd expect the blocks to be wonky ..but boy that second one is way way off...