I had some time earlier in the week to work on these blocks which have affectionately come to be called The Country Mile Blocks. I’m calling the project The Country Mile Quilt because it is one that I have worked on off and on over about the past ten years. I’ve used several different machines during that time, and it appears that I have shifted between a true quarter inch and a scant quarter-inch seam allowance. My points on some of the blocks are a country mile off – hence the name.
I was disappointed when I saw how far off the points were on some of the blocks. My first thought was to toss the blocks into the crumb block box and add them to other crumb blocks. After some thought, I decided the blocks looked better together than they would look divided into crumb quilts. The blocks are pretty, even with their imperfect points. A quilt made from them will still keep someone warm and can still give them joy.
I decided to finish the quilt using narrow white sashes between the blocks and will likely come up with a pieced backing since I still have extra of some of the fabrics used in the blocks.
What do you do when you discover a big goof with a set of blocks too late in the game to easily fix the goof?
I’m linking up today with Melva Loves Scraps, Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, Midweek Makers at Quilt Fabrication, and Wednesday Wait Loss at the Inquiring Quilter.
I call it deliberate improv style
That works for me. 🙂
You are right–these blocks could use some lovin’ but they are very pretty! Like you, I just keep going and enjoy the things I did right, like pick great fabrics and how the blocks look together. This will make a pretty quilt. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss and welcome! I hope you return again and again so we can see your projects grow!
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Thanks Jennifer.
I like the blocks too. I especially like the soft floral in the center. Though there’s not a lot of value difference between the fabrics in the blocks I like the way the fabrics play together, even though they don’t have that striking pop that fabrics with a sharper difference in value would have. I can see a little girl liking it a lot. It’s the kind of thing I would have liked as a five or six year old.
Thanks for hosting your weekly show and tell. It’s always fun to stop by and see what everyone else is sharing and share something myself, when I have something to show. 🙂
well, I once pressed a finished art quilt and the thin shiny lame'( can’t put the accent there)melted.
I’ve more than once seen a “humility block” accidentally turned the wrong way, oy. Points are elusive critters, and if they meet I throw a party! I seldom rip them out, but do try to make them match in pinning. It doesn’t always happen and I’m annoyed by it, but funny thing is I never notice them when it’s on the bed or hanging on the wall… I didn’t notice yours til you mentioned it too. Beautiful block
LeeAnna
Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a nice note LeeAnna,
How heartbreaking to have the lame’ melt. You must have been heartbroken.
Most of my quilts are donation quilts that will go to third world countries or reservations where laundering facilities are minimal. I don’t think it makes sense to take apart blocks for points being off for quilts that are in all likelihood going to be used and used hard. I do take things apart if there’s something that will lessen the wearability of the project.
I don’t really notice things like points on finished quilts. Quilting and laundering hide a lot of things. I think the blocks will make a pretty quilt that someone will enjoy snuggling under and that’s really the point. 🙂
These blocks are still pretty and the quilt will keep someone warm. The quilt will be perfect for a compassion quilt, perhaps a child? They won’t care the blocks aren’t perfect. Happy stitching!
I don’t quilt, but I loved your decision not to waste all the work you put into those blocks. It sounds like a great solution.
Thanks for stopping by to say hello, Callie. I’m kind of eager to see the quilt that results from the blocks. I have the sashings that will go between the blocks cut. I just need to get into the mood to piece the blocks and sashings together into a quilt top. Unfortunately, I prefer making blocks to actually sewing the blocks together, so I have some bottlenecks in my process and I have bins of blocks waiting for their turn to be made into quilt tops. Hopefully, I will get this one put together soon. 🙂