Well ladies, you are playing with the village idiot here :-(
Got pretty cranked up late yesterday afternoon trying to get a few of the blocks stitched for Peggizo's row before going dancing. Started one block, got just about 1/2 through and realized I was doing the pattern wrong. Tossed that one aside; no big deal.
Started the next two blocks. Ooooh, so pretty :-) Trimmed them both up and went to show them to dh and it hits me.
Wait for it.
I found the pp pattern on-line and popped it into Publisher bringing it to the size I wanted. Got all ten of them traced out onto my super thin - chiropractor-gave-to-me-roll-of-table-face-paper- paper. That takes a spot of time.
Cut out all my fabric pieces. Successfully stitched two blocks together, trimmed them out, stepped back to admire them and then slapped my head.
When I put the pattern into Publisher, apparently I was one sandwich short of a picnic. In my mind because I made the pattern X" plus 1/2", I had allotted for the seam allowance to join all the blocks. And when did I realize the error of my ways? Yes. Right. As I was trimming the second of the two completed blocks and as my rotary cutter passed over the seam of a point and not 1/4" away.
Today, I get to play with more paper and pencil :-( Fortunately I can still use the remaining cut fabric pieces.
Lesson learned.
Dancing was fun:-) But how did I end up with laryngitis today?
best,
d