Getting tired of "strings".

I'm getting so tired of sewing strings together! This quilt was started with no real thought. It was just, " Oh, I like that picture....that will use up allot of my scraps...start cutting and sewing". Think I ignored the little spot that said the size was 80X90 something. What happened to my vow to stick to wall or laps sized quilts and forget about bed size. It was getting too wide for the design wall (should be blue on the right also) so down to the floor it went. Got some of the rows sewn together last night and I still like it though. It's the pesky red and white rectangular blocks that are giving me fits....the squares are easy. Now it is a challenge!!The 7 foot tall lily started to bloom this week. You can see there are 2 thin stalks. A bulb divided I think. Can't imagine that I'd plant 2 bulbs right next to each other.
This was the plant in 2007. The stalk was almost 1" square and there were 68 flowers!! I had to keep adding taller support stalks of bamboo. We have bamboo in the back yard that make wonderful supports for tall plants.
Hope it hasn't been too hot where you live. It has been hot here but I'm just enjoying the cool basement and the A/C and will keep sewing!