. . . breaking it down . . .

. . . today was as good a day

as any . . .

. . . for a little fabric therapy . . .

. . . and just for fun . . .

. . . here's how something

that looks relatively complicated . . .

. . . comes together quite easily . . .

. . . one step at a time . . .

{disclaimer: the brown in this line of fabric is a lovely dark taupe.

the designer calls the color "mud".

there are absolutely no funky yellow dotted lines in the background.

weird photos.}

. . . all the cutting for this quilt

{consisting of three sizes of squares

and two sizes of triangles}

was complete

before i ever sat down to sew . . .

. . . then each block

includes nine patches . . .

. . . with eight of them

containing smaller pieces . . .

. . . this one . . .

. . . times four . . .

. . . and this one . . .

. . . times four . . .

. . . i tend to be a little {extremely} ocd . . .

. . . in regard to my quilting quirks,

i'd say i'm:

•a consistent/careful cutter,

•a slow/steady stitcher, and

•a persnickety/precise presser . . .

{no charge for the •amazing/accurate alliterations}

. . . and yet after cutting,

stitching,

and pressing

the very best i can,

i always need to true up my blocks ~

leaving little scraps like this . . .

. . . but they do look nice and tidy . . .

. . . post rotary cutter . . .

. . . those eight little patches

meet up

with one additional print square . . .

. . . then join into three rows . . .

. . . then the rows come together

forming one complete block . . .

. . . kind of like eating an elephant . . .

. . . one bite at a time . . .

. . . here's a peek at another print

i'm especially enjoying . . .

. . . the green colorway

is called "grass stain" . . .

. . . the corner triangle fabric's name? . . .

. . . "rose cowboy shirt" . . .

. . . how cute is that? . . .

. . . p.s. please count faster,

michigan and arizona

election officials . . .

. . . the suspense is killing me! . . .