One of These Things

"One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong."

Remember that old Sesame Street jingle?

When I started hand-piecing Wensleydale, the very first block turned out beautifully. I had fussy cut from a text fabric and picked lovely prints to surround it. And I set it aside to begin cutting more. Somewhere along the line, the theme of the quilt took a somewhat sinister turn and the nice block about being a dog person didn't seem to fit in. 

With 59 of the 60 required blocks up on the wall, I had a decision to make. Stick with the doggy block or replace it with something that went better with the others.








I decided I liked the block too much to discard it and I really didn't want to pick out the fabrics for a 61st block. So I fussy cut a new center, painstakingly removed the old one (bye bye doggy) and somehow managed to insert the new. And I think it is much better.






 

Comments

Barbara Anne said…
Being a dog person who never put the dog's name on any card except those going to our kids who loved the dog, too, I say good decision! Love the quirky centers and surrounding triangles in the other blocks!

I once took a lavender rectangle out of a pastel Log Cabin because it called too much attention to itself and was amazed at how easy it was to carefully unsew that rectangle and the machine sew a replacement into its place. Lo these 25 years later, I wish I hadn't chosen the border fabric I chose as it is just a bit darker than it should be. Oh, well.

It's snowing again tonight!

Hugs!
Janet O. said…
Your dark turn with the block centers had me chuckling. Poor, innocent doggy goes bye-bye. But what fun blocks to study!
Nann said…
You were quite *dextrous* with the overly *sinister" block. Good decision because it would have *dogged* you forever had you not changed it.