Well, I was so pumped that I'd gotten caught up on my guild's BOM blocks last week... I'd even done one over again with different colors and had taken great care to insure more points (where they're supposed to be) and seams aligned correctly. The second block's points and seams were much nicer than the first, and yet, something just wasn't right...
I put it up with the other blocks until last night when a quilting friend called and she was beginning to work on hers... would I come and just give an opinion on her color choices... "and bring your blocks???"
We're having just a great time looking at colors and chatting.. We sit on the floor and pull my blocks out and that's when I see it... finally... One whole strip (the bottom strip of a nine-patch-type star block) is sewn upside down...sigh... No wonder it didn't look right... I can't tell you how many times I studied that block to try to figure out why it didn't look right...
Lesson learned... leave it alone for a while and then bring it back out... best done with a sympathetic friend close by!!