Oh, so Close

Rolling along with the Midnight Garden quilt.  

See this?  This is the last grey block, finished and attached to it's row.  Yay! 

Whose Bright Idea Was That?

In my last post I had found two mis-matched kaleidoscope corners that needed to be ripped out and reset.  No problem.  I identified the two bad corners and where they actually belonged.  I pinned a different colored pin on each corner (one red, one white) then pinned the matching color to the block where they needed to be attached.  I figured that way I wouldn't lose track of them again.  Next step:  iron the seams flat to make it easier to rip them out.  

I didn't pay close attention where the pins were and managed to press the iron directly over the pin.  It promptly melted and adhered itself to the fabric.

Seriously.  Why make pinheads that melt at the cotton setting?

Trust the Process

I'm on a roll with the Midnight Garden quilt.  I dithered briefly about the edge blocks before plunging ahead with my original orientation.  I've panicked a few times thinking I sewed the corner to the wrong spot or cut the block the wrong way.  

 I keep telling myself:  Trust the process.   

Adding Corners

The Midnight Garden star blocks are finally getting their corners attached.  Normally I'd attach the four corners to a block and move onto the next blocks.  In this quilt, however, I'm attaching one corner to four different blocks at a time.  I attached the first handful of corners one set at a time.  This week I tried doing two at a time and briefly panicked when it appeared I sewed a corner to the wrong block.  Each kaleidoscope foursome is unique, but it turns out a few of them look really similar.

Whew.  

A Void

You wouldn't think an empty spot on my design wall would be cause for celebration but trust me, it is.  This hole indicates my first completed block in the Midnight Garden quilt.  More importantly it means I'm no longer avoiding this quilt (my shoulder and this quilt have both been a pain since mid-March).