New direction -

 

 

I "scrapped" the "test" blocks - 

 

For now - 

 

Maybe I'll play with them some other day - 

 

Then I dug out some scrap bags from the last few projects - 

 

 

One baggie was the scraps from my Floral Applique quilt - 

 

 

So I started to press and sort them - 

 

I didn't get very far - 

 

But I don't care - 

 

It's relaxing - 

 

And I don't have to match any seams - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

Testing -

 

 

Is just that - 

 

Testing - 

 

For TWO things - 

 

1 - To see if I CAN -

 

and/or - 

2 - To see if I WANT TO - 

 

Make a new block - 

 

If I CAN - without a bunch of hassle - 

 

Then it's usually a matter of whether or not I WANT to - 

 

And - in this case - 

 

I CAN - but NOT without a bunch of hassle - 

 

So - 

 

I DON'T WANT TO - LOL - ;))

 

I re-sewed the first four test blocks - 

 

And they all came out the correct size - 

 

But the pre-cuts are not cut accurately -

And I had trouble getting them to "measure up" - LOL - 

 

 

And - since I got that far - 

I did the next step on one block - 

And "snowballed" one corner - 

 

I am not a fan of cutting squares and drawing lines - 

So that part was a chore - 

 

And it didn't come out right the first time - 

So I had to re-do it - 

 

And - the chances of both  "snowballed" corners matching -

When I set two blocks together - 

 

Are probably slim to none - 

 

These pre-cuts are not the best for "precision" piecing - 

And I'm not in the mood to futz with each and every seam - 

Life is too short - LOL - 

 

So -

 

I un-sewed them all - 

Into pairs of strips - 

 

And will check some other patterns - 

To see if I can salvage what I have already cut - 

 

I have a couple of possible pattern "maybes" in mind - 

So we'll see where I go from here - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -