When my daughter got married a year and half ago, we used blue and purple batiks for the table toppers over white wideback. The plan was to then use the fabric to make a Storm at Sea quilt--which I planned to be finished with by her first anniversary. This quilt has been my worst nightmare! First I tried to figure out a specialty ruler a friend loaned but had forgotten how to use. When I gave up on that, I turned to a 12" block that we did in a challenge class--did all the cutting, started piecing units, put 3 blocks together and realized that by putting the "sashing" diamonds on all 4 sides as instructed, I would lose the curve illusion of the SAS--the reason we picked the pattern!. So took those all apart. Would have just pitched it and bought new fabric and paper pieced BUT the whole point of it is to use the fabric from her wedding, so... I got on
EQ7 and redid the pattern and reduced blocks from 12 to 9" with "sashing" only on 2 sides and then stuck it in cabinet.
Yesterday I pulled it out--no more excuses! Realized that the diamonds I'd cut with Tri-REcs rulers were a problem--had folded the fabric to get a whole diamond--but then too much fabric and could not get it reduced without losing the angle. So cut into 2(which the pattern called for in first place) and did 2 rows--working fine, now just 7+ more to do! and I have points again!
I'll post a pic if/when I get this one done.