Starting Over & a Stitchery Pattern Link

Remember a week or so ago I posted about beginning a new quilt.

Well I began!

I cut out the pieces for 1 block . (Each block is made up of 4 smaller blocks.)

I sewed the small blocks together by hand and then layed them out to stitch together to make 1 big block.

But wait...

The pattern doesn't look like it should. I had two colors that were backwards. The red and beige needed reversed. (Yet I followed the directions and the pattern.)

I ripped the stitches out and then sewed them together again.

Looks good but when I lay it down and look at the original pattern it is still not right.

Do you ever get so excited about doing a project only to be frustrated by mistakes?

Well that is where I was at after ripping the stitches out not once, but twice and it still didn't match.

So to make myself feel better I simply threw the blocks in the garbage.

Ahhh....that felt better.

Now I still have 6 yards of fabric that I really wanted to make something with so I decided to draw up my own quilt pattern. Just a plain and simple square pattern that I should be able to sew with no problems. I'll take a picture and share it with you tomorrow.

Now on to the stitchery link!

I found this new site (or shall I say it's new to ME!) over the weekend while I was sorting through my patterns. It's called The Noble Wife and she has several cute freebie patterns as well as patterns you can purchase for wool pins, quilts and more. Be sure to check her out.