Stitching the pieces together

Melissa - your blocks look great.  You did an amazing job for your first time.  The sashing and post (corner squares) will be a piece of cake for you to do.  There is one tip that I thought of the other night when I could not sleep that I wanted to share with you that I learned the hard way.  That is, when you have points on the edge of a block it is a good idea to have 1/4 inch between the end of the point and the edge of the square.  Otherwise when you put the sashing in or attach the next block you will lost part of the point that you worked so hard to get.  If the point goes to edge on the block the end of it will be hidden by the seam allowance.  Does that make any sense?  I am really tired tonight and not sure I am making much sense tonight.  Better get to bed.  Anyway congratulation on the fine job you are doing.  Happy quilting and learning more of the techniques.  AJ

Meece, those geese are red/orange!!  What colour is my face in my avatar....?

Oh, and thank you Elismo for the hints. I'm not sure how easy it is going to be because a few of my blocks aren't completely square. She showed me where to fix one of them so that should help.

The little pieces that look like arrows going around the block in a circle.

If we're talking about the flying geese in the block with the heart...aren't those geese red?????

I now see the yellow on yellow ones!! Whew! Thought I was going crazy!!! Lesson to you Mel...those yellow ones have very little contrast and don't show up well! Better to learn that now than when you've done your masterpiece! Hold your work up and look at it in the mirror or take a picture and look at it. You'll get a very different impression of it then.

Still thinking you did a damn fine job!!! What did your teacher say??

Someone emailed me these cute stories:

My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, 
and I decided to teach her to sew. After I had gone 
through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the 
machine, she stepped back, put her hands on her hips, 
and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do all that, 
but you can't play my Game Boy?" 

                ~Author Unknown

"I cannot count my day complete
'Til needle, thread and fabric meet."

        ~Author Unknown

Yeah, Clan of the Cave Bear!  Strong warrior woman!  she is precious Meece.

Congratulations Meece.  She's beautiful.

You know those perfect hand-quilted quilts that you almost wonder if they are machine quilted because the stitches are so small & even? No one will be confused about my first one:)

Ginger, I'm laughing. I accepted a while ago that this is a learning process & it will be far from perfect. What was funny was listening to everyone in class pick their own apart when we brought in our finished tops and all the rest of us thought the others looked lovely. We really are our own harshest critics and should learn to quit it.

Congrats Meece!!! You got a PINK one!! I'm envious....sigh....

(For those that may not know, I have 3 grandSONS - all 2 years old right now!!)