Janice McC

PamelaOry, oh boy, cutting mistakes happen. Well, they happen to me often enough that I won’t pretend they don’t. My big goof this round (so far) was on Cheesehead’s fabric in Waves. Got down to the very last piece to add to each of the four quadrants of her block when I cut each one 1/4 inch short. It was late and I should have quit earlier in the evening. After lots of swearing, I was able to determine I had just enough left of her fabric to redo it from scratch the next day. Had I not had enough, I’d have come up with something. It’s often during the midst of a “crisis” that I’m forced to reimagine a block or create something new. The mistakes teach me much more than the blocks that go smoothly. If you have a cutting error, go ahead and get out the frustration, then walk away and let your brain ponder the possibilities. You’ll figure something out.