First Completed Quilt of 2023

In my December 29 post, I stated I had completed four quilt tops that I had not yet made backs for or gotten them quilted.  As of the end of January, I had two more.  So, after recovering from COVID, earlier this month, I was feeling somewhat overwhelmed.  Where to begin?  I have started on that pile of six quilt "tops".  I made four quilt backs in one day, but I cannot remember what day that was.  I connected with my long-arm quilter and delivered two of them to her.  I quilted one myself, and the other is waiting for me to handle the batting part.  

This is my alligator baby quilt, my first completed quilt of 2023.  Yesterday, A came over and we quilted/sewed for a few hours.  Here is what she said about the alligator quilt:  Oh, these are cute little alligators with hearts,  . . . and the mean alligators are in the center.  Mean alligators?  I guess the ones in the middle of the quilt are not as adorable as the ones in the outside borders.  The outside border alligators, my daughter got for me when she was present at a sewing festival in Luxembourg, a few a years ago.  I am serious about using the fabrics I already have.