Remember my walking pneumonia? Well, it has really kicked my butt.

And my Quilting Bee blocks have suffered.

So this week I am sewing two each night to catch up and redeem myself....okay, it's probably too late for redemption, but at least I can tone down some probable inner loathing of me from the group.

MONDAY

First up, a block for Krista. (10.5" unfinished.)

Krista gave us free reign. I just went with it, letting pieces come together and I really like the results. Ummm....would you think I might iron a block for snapping a photo? I guess not.

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Next was a block for Jackie. She sent along the fabrics and only specified that it be a star block and end up to be 12.5" unfinished. I decided to go with a wonky star, mostly since it was 2AM! I really like the pop of the paisley fabric.

This is the block that made me realize my current presser foot is inaccurate and it ended up 1/2" short of it's goal size. Eek! Poor Jackie is going to have to add a fun little white border (I would have, but didn't have enough white fabric left over).

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TUESDAY

After yesterday's seam issues I broke out the old sewing machine manual and assessed my presser feet. Good old Brother comes with a "Quilting Foot" which is a funny little foot with an ice skating blade on the underneath and to the right, making it impossible for you to align your fabric incorrectly. I checked it and TA DA! It worked!