Morning Star Baby Quilt

It was time again for another baby quilt.  Ages ago I had seen a pattern for a morning star block on Little Miss Shabby's blog.  Lots of pieces but each block is 18 inches square.   Easy right-  yea- right.

The First Block

 It started out so well-  got one block done........

I guess should go back and say this is for my cousin and his wife.  They had girl number three back in March.  Flea Market Fancy is some my favorite happy fabric, so I brought it out for this and I was so excited how it was coming out.

Spring was crazy around here and it took me awhile to get anything down on it.  But finally I had my four blocks and then my top done.  Yes- time to get quilting-  my least favorite part-  but happy to get going on it and get it sent out.  I get over half of it quilted and in the middle of doing a block I notice I have pieced it wrong.

Can you find the mistake?

Seriously, how could I not notice that two squares were completely set wrong-  I had stared and stared at the top deciding colors for the setting squares -binding - all of it - how could I not notice that?   So the quilt sat for a few days-  just trying to decide what to do -  do I take it all apart?  Lets face it if I did it would become her graduation from high school quilt and not her welcome to the world quilt.

Showing off the back to hide the oops!

When I use to crosstitch I use to leave one mistake in every sampler-  my way of making it my own. And it was fun to know where they were in each one.  So I went with that approach-  I left it.  It's my  mark on it, my own oops.  My hopes are that the recipients enjoy the oops as much as I do.  It's a good reminder to enjoy the oopes that happen-  that they really do come out beautifully and sometimes even better for now they have a good story.

Enjoy -  Jenne