"You know,

this is kind of addictive,"
I said to Gary at 11:30 pm on Friday night.

Gary:  "Ugh, dear, it is not addictive.  It's O.C.D."

Well, what can I say.

My friend, Diane made these beautiful flower pins,

 I love them so much that I

decided I would try making them in bulk for

our Relief Society Birthday activity.
(Though not as pretty as these or
with as many layers, for time's sake).

Dianne (who is just a little bit like me in this OCD way),

had bought lots of fabric and cut lots of circles,

and burned lots of edges,
and made lots of pins,

and had overdosed on them.

So she gave me her left-over fabric

and many circles that were already done,
I don't think I would have had the courage to do
this project if I had to start from scratch.

Then I did lots of cutting,

and lots of burning

and more and more burning

until I had piles like this

(of which this is just a sampling of)

My committee of 8 came over and they helped me

with some of the assembly

like this:

which transforms into this

which gives me a basket like this,

which are pinned together and awaiting the

magnets (instead of pins) I ordered online.

Then I will add the "iron rod" centers

and glue them together.

So that is pretty much what I've been doing,

(besides the work that came in today).

That and trying not to burn the house down.