This is the block I received from
Janet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQliv-AoNbiCRgNHgj_Ff8ut8kFy7UvDj5bZuxDAledoHRmQypJU7A4luJgNwAA2BLRrmh3cPq1kl-vwyN61cDJuIL5mOgprTbN6_WwV_iiu68zjvh7I1tzhen9ob0sqN4tPj6XROcow/s400/IMG_1155.JPG)
I sat with it for a couple of days, just enjoying the colors and prints. Then I sewed together some wonky half square triangles into a sawtooth row, added some strips and piecing I'd done for other projects, and had this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavRj3WgAI9_ixF0P4BQNE1NwimchVTWl-4ncbsdemaipcRpJSr4gDWac75zBHnwQePPE0UCAxopbY9dYGA1r7wds98lgtPobANIbptEs8SxLANxhsV6fx5w7Iwnb2Z2Qjw1bf4wrjAL0/s400/IMG_1226.JPG)
It took a couple of days
(at least!) to get it that far but after that I was well and thoroughly stuck. I think I showed y'all some of the blocks I'd made with this project in mind but I wasn't happy with what was developing. Then one day I had the presence of mind to ask myself "What is the most dramatic thing I could do to Janet's block?"
The answer was to cut it into quarters. Well, that was a bit too drastic for my nerves but I did slice it. And then I inserted a strip off of some other experimental piecing I'd done.
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I'm happy to report that that was enough to get the ball rolling again. I'll show you what happened next in another post...
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