May 31, 2021

I struggled to find a connection between Sawyer and this pattern and came up with nothing. Why did I pick it? After it was finished I went to check it off on my list of blocks and noticed that I’d already made the block. Not a surprise that I didn’t remember but why would I pick it again?

Turns out that Sawyer’s birthday is on May 31 and the card I was supposed to be making was on Page 38. However I made the card (again) on Page 31. Never good to make stupid mistakes but it is nice to know where I went wrong.

And speaking of mistakes, I should have had a better contrast in the flying geese and, overall, I think the card looks a bit Christmassy. I did put in the maple leaf fabric though as some sort of connection to Sawyer.

On a side note, as I was catching up with some quilting sheets for my project book I see that I made this block for Ken’s birthday last year. The block may be cursed because at that time I neglected to take a photo of the one I made for him.