Fixing another block

I showed you this block earlier ... the starkness of the cream pieces just didn't feel right to me. I snipped a few seams and lifted out the offending pieces and replaced them with colors I liked better.

I actually moved the green fabric closer to the center because I thought it worked better there. I added a little gold piece under it and repeated a piece I used in two other spots. They say uneven numbers work better and in this case I think "they" may be right. I then added a piece of the focus fabric (the center piece) up in the top left corner and now I really like the block even more than before.

As you can see lighting makes all the difference in taking a picture. The top block was taken in a well lit room with no flash. The new version was taken at home with less than great lighting but you get the idea. It definitely flows better now.

I hope you see that if you don't like the way a block turns out it doesn't take much effort to change it. Playing around with a block before you put all the effort into embellishing can really pay off. Learn to trust your instincts about what you like and don't like.

The motif I stared here has the markings for three 'stumpwork' flowers. LOL ... well if we wait until I get proficient at stumpwork, enough to make three flowers, this block would never be finished!!

I'm playing around with a few ideas to use instead of the flowers. Here I auditioned some of the wooden buttons I got in my last batch of buttons.

These are some tiny little buttons that I found in the bottom of the button jar. Next I think I will play around and try some silk ribbon flowers or maybe some beads .... to see what I like.

That's what I love about Crazy Quilting ... no rules ... go with the flow ... try out ideas until you find one that works! As they say on the popular show "Project Runway" - It's your block ... make it work! (well maybe they don't say it quite like that but I bet Tim would say it if he were talking to a crazy quilter!)