Block number five for Patchwork Palooza was a little bit harder. I had to label the fabrics to follow the pattern instructions.
I used a lot of spray starch as advised, and it really helped.
To this point, all was well. But then I realized that I had to trim all of these down by Quite A Lot. sigh.
After messing up the first one I trimmed down, I stopped myself and thought about it. You've got two diagonals that have to end up dead on in the corners. And the trim down to size 3 and 1/8ths! Which adds up to not exactly an 8.5" block. I don't need any help ending up with a slightly small block thankyouverymuch. sigh again.
I re-did the one piece I messed up and chopped the rest down to size. It went together pretty well after that.
So, yeah, not my favorite block so far, but it's done, it's almost 8.5" and I'm caught up for now. Or until I check my email for this week's block. Also, I continued on with the orange, blue, green color scheme, but introduced purple and yellow to be able to branch off.
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