Love those blocks, MM.... even the one you don't like. I think it will look fine set in a quilt. We are our own worst critics.
Fire ants are terrible. They have such a strong venom. We have a ton of them here. Kass, I'd go to the dr. You may need antibiotics for the spider bite. Sounds like a pretty large reaction. I guess different spiders will affect us differently. Ugh. Hate spiders.