Block #6 Shoo-Fly

It took me awhile to get started on this block. Perhaps the thought of 52 pieces stopped me. Also, after not exactly loving my fabric choices from last week, I was nervous choosing the print for this week. I knew I wanted blue, so I grabbed this thrifted sheet from my stash and cut it up... Looking at it now, perhaps I should have went with a darker shade, but with a black-based sashing around it, I think it will pop a lot more!

That's right. 52 pieces. And I survived! It was actually a pretty fun block to make. The instructions over at Why Not Sew? (the "leader" of the Hand-Pieced Quilt-A-Long) said to trim the half-square triangles once they were sewn together. I chose not to do that (I believe lazy is the word to describe me sometimes). I still turned into a 6" square - 6.5" with seam allowances of course :)

I think I may be crazy for showing you a close up of this... a few tucks, a few mismatched seams, but it all comes together, right?

 Here they all are together... even the rouge Blue Bear Paw... all my hand-pieced blocks so far... 6 more together!

 Another shot. I'm proud :)

 I look forward to the upcoming blocks, since I'll have more options for arrangements. But I'm still planning on a black-ish sashing and border with a scrappy binding to bring it all together.

 As for the giant? He'll get a special project. At the moment I'm thinking of creating something new that will replace something old in the following picture:

 Can you guess what I'm planning for Giant Blue?