Originally Posted by
tscweaves
I finished my first block. It was not without its ups and downs. How does everyone keep all of those little pieces in order and the right direction. I sewed all of the 2 little triangles to the first solid square in the wrong order. I did not realize it until I had all 4 corner bits sewn together. Then it was out on my porch and rip out 8 seams - jeesh! A friend who is a quilter and who has been mentoring me said that you are a quilter when you start ripping out seams. Well folks, guess what - I am a quilter!
Once I got past all of the mistakes, it came together pretty nice. I think I actually have more points meeting than not - major improvement
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You got it figured out just fine! And you've learned to do "the frog stitch!" Rip it, rip it, rip it! A couple tips... Make a Block Board. Take a piece of cardboard, thin plywood, insulation board, or anything light weight and rigid, and cut it to about 16" x 16" square. I used a dry erase board. Cover it with flannel and keep it close at hand. I used duck tape to secure the flannel to the back of mine. Lay out your block pieces on it. Take a picture. If pieces are turned wrong, they will show up in the picture much easier than to the naked eye. Hope this helps. Here's one of my blocks in progress... Note the first HST in the second from bottom row is turned wrong. The second pix is my finished block with the piece turned around.
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