It was a super busy time both at work and at home back in early October … so I was looking for a block that I wouldn’t have to think too hard about. This one seemed to fit the bill. Yes, it’s a triangle block, but there were no curved seams, and I could use Avery labels to make everything line up just so.

I cut out the pieces for the triangle stripe along the bottom and assembled those, along with the tan trapezoid at the base of the triangle. Then I cut out the pieces for one half of the chevron stripe and sewed those together. The second half of the chevron stripe went together smoothly too.

And then I realized there was a fundamental problem with those chevron stripes. When I was sewing the two halves together, I’d be stitching about an inch of two red fabrics together, then a half inch of two pale tan fabrics together, then back to the red-on-red … what color thread was I going to use for this seam?

It seemed ridiculous to tie off a thread and start a new color of thread every 1/2 to 1 inch. But the red was for sure going to show through the thin tan fabric, and I didn’t feel enthusiastic about using pale tan thread to sew two red pieces together either. While it wouldn’t show through the fabric, there were bound to be tiny morsels of pale stitches peeking out from between the two red layers.

So, me being me, I of course decided to switch the thread every time the fabric color changed. And it’s done. And it was a hassle. And I felt like some of the chevron pairs didn’t quite line up. But I really hated this block and I didn’t ever want to work on it again, so I called it good enough, added those strips along the side, and then tried to put the whole frustrating experience out of my mind.

Now, with over a month of distance from it, and some possibly over-vigorous pressing yesterday to shift those not-quite-lined-up seams around a bit, I’m feeling more positive about the block. Plus, at least it’s done. And appropriate thread was used on all the seams.