Do You See What I See??

Do you see it now?

So many comments came in of "I didn't see the oops block either!" or "I would have just left it.

This is the block that was wrong in so many ways that I would have had to do more than just reverse a row to fix it.

It would have driven me nuts to leave it - Once seen I could not unsee it!

So yesterday's job was to replace the block I had removed the day before with one that made me happier.

Not only was that oops block an oops in color placement - but if you look just below the empty spot where the new block is going to go - you can see that this offending block also had a background that matched its neighbor - a double OOPS in my book.

I replaced it with this one.

Much better!

So much better  - and all together!

Things I have loved about this Easy Breezy Leader & Ender challenge -

I was able to use up a lot of "short" 1 1/2'' strips left from our Checkerboard Rails challenge from a couple of years back.

There were NO TRIANGLES in this quilt.  YAY.

This was about playing with color on color - so if sometimes the chains "disappear" or "connect" in weird ways, it's okay with me. It makes the quilt interesting to look at.

(And yes, there is Millennium Y2K fabric in here.  Did you doubt it?)

I am not the best piecer in the world.  I'll tell anyone and everyone that if you look too closely, I'll ask you to back away. LOL!

I shoot for "GOOD" but not "PERFECT."  That's what keeps the fun in it for me.  Not all of my points match or intersections line up.  Sometimes my seam width varies, and my strips and sashings "wobble" on the front with some skinner parts, and some fatter bits.

I don't care.

I mean, if it is REALLY BAD I'll fix it, but I have a "pin width" tolerance.  Meaning - if that intersection is only a pin width off - I'll leave it.  No big deal.

If you can lay a pin shaft on top of the intersection and not see that you are 3 threads off - so be it.

I haven't talked about it in a long time, but I still struggle with Macular Telangiectasia. I have type 2.  I decided a few years ago that instead of getting down on myself for what I couldn't see, and stressing over things that were not perfect - that I would just cut myself some slack. A LOT OF SLACK if needed.

And you have my permission to cut yourself some slack too if you need it.

Let's face it - there are those who thrive on the pursuit of perfection. It feeds whatever ego boost they need and makes them feel good.  Let them have it.

Find your own comfort level, and focus on the joy you get from making. It's the JOY that keeps me going.  Not the perfection.  That is all.

These WILL be borders!

There will be a narrow green, and a wider electric blue - as soon as I finish adding a pieced inner border that completes the nine-patches at the outside edge.

I hope to get borders on today.

Cutting into saved neutrals!

I need some breathing space in my fat quarter bins, and am dreadfully low on neutral variety in my Scrap User’s System.

In an effort to pull more JOY into my quilting, I am even cutting into some saved and dearly loved favorites.  The Westfalenstoffe came from an earlier trip to Germany where I bought this same print in several color ways.

I LOVE the symbols on the fabric - and the red on white is perfect for some current holiday sewing.

In fact - I annihilated a dozen or so fat quarters last night, cutting for 4 projects, and distributing the strips from the fat quarters amongst them.

I have extra strips to go into the Scrap User’s System for future projects. it's like breathing fresh air into the stash to mix in new things.

I can feel the year winding down.  The hurry hurry of the shipping season is slowing to a trickle.

I'm ready to spend my time between Christmas and New Years just puttering away on some projects - watching some movies, eating some great food - enjoying some baking.

I hope things are the same where you are.

You know, this has been an unprecedented year of "I don't know what to talk about!" because I haven't gone anywhere interesting enough to share photos of, really.

For those who have stayed and read and shared 2020 with me here - I thank you.  Life has become wonderfully mundane in many ways.

This was my yesterday on my trip to the Chiropractor. LOL!

Hikes have even come to a halt - I am a fare weather hiker, and if the temps are below 50 I'm a no go!  what a weenie! But it is what it is.

Anything fun happening for your Wednesday?? Christmas Eve is tomorrow - are you ready?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Very thought-provoking.

Even when unhappy things happen we can still remain whole.

Have a wonderfully WHOLE Wednesday!