MIstakes: challenge or Opportunity

I set out to make a simple pinwheel quilt so grabbed the specialty ruler and began cutting triangles from the colorful fabric I had selected.  I sewed block after block to make the triangle into a square to be pieced.  Ready to piece some sample blocks I made a dozen before realizing   I had rectangles rather than the intended square blocks.  Where did I go wrong?? Oh, grabbed the wrong triangle ruler. Since I was at a retreat I switched to another project (don’t we all have more than one project in our retreat packing). A day went by and it was really bothering me that I couldn’t work on the pinwheel type project.  I hate it when a plan doesn’t work but I also know that there is always another solution. The light bulb came on.  Cut it up, what could I lose?  Rather than cut into halves or quarters I decided to try thirds.  An interesting block emerged and it was square when finished.  I like rectangle blocks but I had square blocks in my mind.

I moved forward with sewing the rest of the triangles into the rectangle blocks and am ready to start cutting and sewing again.  A new block means thinking of a new arrangement and there are so many possibilities.  Until I get all the blocks cut and sewn into the new block I’ll continue to reflect on the possibilities.

Quilting mistakes, a challenge and an opportunity.