Off the wall -

And on the kitchen island to "evaluate" - ;))

Grab a cup of coffee - this is a "process" post - ;))

Yup - looks kinda lumpy -

Maybe it will "press out" - LOL - ;))

Starting in the middle - and since I have a "dry" iron - spritzing some water on one section and pressing (not ironing) my way to each side - my version of "blocking" -

Left side looks OK -

And so does the Right side -

Move to the top section -
Spritz - press - Right side looks OK -

Left corner is not perfect - but close enough -

Move to the bottom section -

Right side looks a little wavy -

But it "pressed out" -

And then there's this corner -

I think I found the problem - LOL - ;))

Yup - that's not going to "press out" -

Might have something to do with this part - LOL - ;))

Un-stitched that bit of the seam -

And smoothed it out -

Hmmmmmm - that might be the problem - ;))

Yup - if I line it up to sew it back together - it would still be wonky -

And of course it can't be on one of the corners that has ONE seam across the row -

Oh, no - it's one of the "middle" rows with the seams going both directions -

BOB is laughing at me right now - TOLD you so!! - LOL - ;))

So I took off the end row with the one corner block -

And I'll need to replace the side triangle on the next row -

Checked the top section -

Looks straight to me -

The bottom of the center square looks OK, too -

But the LEFT "wing" triangle is WAY OFF -

And the RIGHT one is EVEN WORSE -

OK - check the seams - they BOTH look awful -

No wonder they're off -

Take those apart -

Check the LEFT one - looks straight -
Just needs to be sewn back on STRAIGHT -

The RIGHT one isn't even straight -
No sense bothering to sew that one back on -

The corner triangle looks pretty straight -
So I'll sew it back on when I get to that part -

Check the plastic bin - for the "2 Extra QST from 13" Sq" -
I originally cut 5 squares and got 20 QST but only needed 18 - so had 2 extra -
Good thing - because I need one for this row -

Re-do the row with LOTS of pins this time -

First the one side -
Across the top and down the side that is going to be sewn -

And the other side - same way - across the top and down the side to be sewn -

Stitch them - press them to the BLUE -

The top looks OK -

So I added the corner triangle -

And pressed it up - away from the block -

Laid it out to check to see if it was STRAIGHT -

Bottom looks straight -

LEFT side looks STRAIGHT -

RIGHT side looks STRAIGHT -

But before I sew it back on - I may need to do some trimming -
I'll check again later before I actually sew it -

For now I need to remove that wonky side triangle -

And thank goodness I have a SECOND extra side triangle -

Because this is one of THOSE days - LOL - ;))

Checking to see if I need to trim anything -

I'm measuring 4-1/4" from the Right side of the sashing strip to the Left edge of the block -

The top section looks good -

The bottom section looks good -

But this middle section needs trimming -

Not much - but enough to make a difference in whether or not I get a STRAIGHT seam -

So - sew the NEW side triangle on -

And it looks like it will be just fine -

I'll finish sewing the seam tomorrow -

And then I'll check the ends of all of the seams on the row to make sure that they are "stitched" and not partially unsewn -

Then I should be able to re-sew the corner section back on -

Hope that fixes it - ;))

BOB reminded me of the time I asked my boss why there never seemed to be enough time to do it right - but always enough time to do it over. He stopped questioning how long it took me to do something after that - ;))

Note to self - SLOW DOWN - take your time and do it right the first time - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -