THE OUTTAKES {FARMER'S WIFE QUILT BLOCKS}

 

The other day

I posted the first installment of my

Farmer's Wife Quilt Blocks HERE.

 

 

What I didn't show you were

the OUTTAKES of my blocks

(AKA-Messed Up/Ooops Blocks).

 

 

 They might look like the original blocks

BUT

 

boy did the first attempts

at these blocks

give me a FIT!

 

I mean enough to make this Little Lady talk UGLY!

 

 

I am using the template method to make my blocks,

however

I think that the paper piece method

would have been  the easier/more accurate choice.

 

So some of my issues

were computer printer related.

For whatever reason

my printer wasn't printing the templates

the correct size,

which lead to pretty blocks

that were not the right size!

 

 

 



This block is quite obvious.

The block on the left is 8 1/2".

The correct, remade block on the right is 6 1/2".

 

 

So here is my BATCH of Block #1.

They got rejected for various reasons.

 

Attempt #1 and Attempt #2 were the wrong size

AND

I hated the color scheme/placement.

 

Finally I liked the color scheme of Attempt #3,

but once again

the block was the wrong size.

 

The final block is the correct size & color.

 

Honestly I don't know how

I kept going

after making the first block so many time!

 

 

The next blocks were all made the wrong size.

 

 

 

 

On Block #4

I wasn't so sure

about the

pink/brown colors.

 

So I remade the block

and I like

the subtle ombre look of the yellows.

 

Here are all of my Ooops Blocks:

 

 

at this point

I am going to salvage the blocks

and use them on the back of the quilt.

 

Luckily,

I have gotten the hang

of making the blocks

and

I haven't had any more Ooops Blocks.

Actually,

I am kinda obsessed

with making them right now.

 

Tomorrow

I will post the

next installment of my

Farmer's Wife Quilt Blocks {the REAL one}

 

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