The Mild Drama
I ended up choosing this block out of order, because my August sashing goal took up so much of the month. I needed a quick block, and this one fit the bill. […]
Side Projects
The Uninteresting Block
This may be the least interesting block in the world. I’m wanting to publish this blog article tonight, but I’m also realizing that I don’t really have much to say about […]
The Diamond in the Rough
After the last few complicated blocks, it was a relief to do something with simple rotary cutting and easy piecing. This was originally going to be a July block for […]
The Final Frontier
After wandering through the uncharted territory of my first day of post-pandemic retreat, I decided on Day 2 to boldly go where no one has gone before, and make this […]
The Over-Under Set
I’ve been splitting each set of four sashed blocks across two months. Usually I complete the bottom two in the sashing set first, and then in the following month I […]
The Thoroughly Modern Block
Until I took a close look, I thought all the triangles in this block were right triangles. But it turns out that some of the triangles used different angles, giving […]
The Broken Hearts
I’d been saving this heart block for February, thinking it would be appropriate for the month with Valentine’s Day. But I’m not exactly feeling the love for a block that […]
The Fan
I had originally planned to do block C10 – something that is for me relatively simple – after the trauma of block G6. I even went so far as to […]
The North Star
For the longest time, this block felt about as unreachable as the North Star. At one point before starting the block, I’d written down “The White Whale” as a possible […]
The Unfussy Cut
After a recent block where fussy cutting proved to be a challenge, I was a little worried about the challenge this block would present. It had the same issue as […]
The Many Milestones
With a virtual mini-retreat earlier this month, I’ve stacked up all kinds of completed blocks to blog about. And yet, here it is the last day of November, and I’m […]
The Storm Cloud
Perhaps the giant cloud in the middle of this block should have been an omen, but I ignored it. The Dear Jane blogs I consulted all said to use appliqué, […]