This is the block I made for DH’s cousin. If you remember back I mentioned that she asked all the women in the family to send her a quilt piece in earth colors so that she could put them all together to make a big quilt. Here is my finished piece. I’ll be mailing it to her sometime next week.

I pulled out some of my old quilt blocks I started years ago. I had joined a group of ladies that worked on 2 squares per month to make a sampler quilt after the year was up. I moved away and never finished, although through my mom, I managed to get the packets of the missed blocks. So I have about 4-6 blocks to still complete, 2 of which need some work. So I was looking at them to figure out what was wrong and I realized what the problem was…the seams weren’t lining up right. Why? Because the block packets include the already cut pieces and some were not cut to the correct size. Thinking back, I wish they would have just given us the instructions and the fabric and let us cut our own pieces. It would have been easier. I’m not an experienced quilter, so to fix someone else’s mistake is a little tough. I think I will be able to figure it out, but that is just frustrating. So I know I’ll need to pick up a seam ripper this weekend. I thought I had one but I can’t find it. It’s either lost, or I never had one, and always just used mom’s. I hope I can get those 2 blocks fixed and work on Maggie’s this weekend.

Of course I also want to work on my crochet squares for the afghan I’m making and work on the back panel of Blanche (mom’s sleeveless sweater I started sometime last year). It’ll be a busy weekend in crafts for me.