plan B

Things don't always run smoothly in the sewing room! 

Sometimes while making a quilt there comes a point where I begin to 2nd guess things, and this project was one of those times. I used Economy Stars Parade pattern by Rachel @stitchedincolor as my starting point and spent a bit of time trying to work out a nice (smaller) version. It seemed like a good plan, you know, simple piecing & quick to put together, until I came back to it the next morning. 

Time for plan B. I still want some connection to the original pattern - a fun mix of scrappy square-in-a-square blocks with star blocks - so I'm trying a different layout now.  

 

So, it is going to be a bit bigger than I first thought, and will take a bit longer to put together, 

but I’ll be much happier, 

and that’s what it’s all about, yes?

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