Just Takes 2 Mystery Quilt ~ Block 10

I Did It!

I had a very restless night last

night, I was anticipating the new

instructions that would be posted

today for the mystery quilt.  I couldn't

wait to get started.  When I finally

saw the new blocks, my heart sank...

Paper Piecing.

I don't know how to do paper piecing.

Back in 2008 when I really started

taking quilting seriously ~ meaning

actually finishing the projects I started,

I won a 2nd place ribbon in a fairly

large quilt show in Ft. Wayne, IN.

(The ribbon shown above is from

another quilt show, but it was the

only photo I had.)  As I was being

photographed in front of my quilt, a

viewer passed by and asked if I had

used foundation piecing.  I replied with

a very noncommittal, "ahhhhmmmm".

A few days later I asked a quilting friend,

"What IS foundation piecing?"  Paper  Piecing,

she replied.  Oooohhhhhh.

No, the quilt was not paper pieced.

And now 3 1/2 years later, I still had not

ever done paper piecing.  I quickly got into

designing my own quilts and since I didn't do

paper piecing, I never used it in my designs.

Until today, I learned off the internet.

I confess, I didn't love it but I'm not ashamed

of the outcome.  I probably should take a class

from someone who really knows what they are

doing and maybe I'll love it.  But for now, I'm

happy to have gotten through today's block.

More to come later in the week...