Blazing Star, originally uploaded by quiltnomad.
I was quite pleased with how it turned out, except for a couple not-quite-so-sharp points, and a point that is going to be eaten when I sew it to its neighboring block.
I was especially happy with how, well — how circular, my flower center is. I used a circle from Paper Pieces. They are die-cut templates made out of sturdy paper, used for applique or English Paper Piecing.
I showed my block to my friend, Kim, who sits behind me at work. She is not a seamstress, much less a quilter. Fellow quilters, you understand — she was impressed, but not for the same reasons that another fellow quilter would be impressed.
I told her that I was pleasantly surprised at how well the block had turned out. Kim asked me, “Why?”
Remembering that I was talking to a non-sewer, I told her “because sewing a circle that looks like a real circle is just about one of the most difficult things to do.”
Dan, my manager, piped up from behind his pod wall. “No. That’s not the most difficult things to do.”
“And what would be the most difficult thing to do then?” I called back.
“Threading the needle.”
Of course, at which point, I got up from my chair and took my tiny needle and thread to his office and proceeded to demonstrate threading the tiny eye of the tiny needle that I use for applique.
