Bessie: Criss Cross Applesauce

Those cross blocks (the ones that look like Xs) were my second effort. There are eight of them, and Emma's recipe called for assorted low volumes, stripes, and centers. I had had enough low volumes for the time being, but I loved the stripes. I chose navy rather than black. 

There are eight of these crosses, and I thought to fussy cut those tiny centers for a bit of whimsy. 

Grays rather than low volumes made up the greater part of the blocks. Rather than lots of grays, I chose four.

I considered two ways to lay them out.

And then I sewed them by hand in front of the last few episodes of Doc Martin, Season 10.