Nearly Insane, Block 18!

Block 18 is finished!! This wasn't a difficult block to piece, just extremely boring but I kept on sewing and finally completed her. There is a total of 233 pieces in this 6 1/2" block (6" finished). Thankfully there won't be anymore block with this huge number of pieces. 


I decided to keep things simple and just used 2 fabrics. With pieces this small, I was afraid the block would be a blur if I added other fabrics.

First I pieced the center star. Notice the ruler, it took me 1 1/2 hours to piece this star and it is only 1 1/2"! The complete center is 3 inches finished.

Next I pieced the two small side HST's.  They don't lay flat very well.

The view from the front.

The final HST's. See all the papers on the back? The seams are supposed to be pressed open.

And the front view.

All the blocks in this row have been completed and sewn together with the sashing in between the blocks ready to be attached to the body. But not yet.  

The body of my uncompleted Nearly Insane hangs on my display wall. I kept looking at her and thinking there is a block that just does not fit in with the rest of the blocks in the quilt.

All the other blocks are either a star or a pieced block. This block was just too random. Maybe the problem was me, I didn't organize the fabric right.

Anyway, I decided to design my own block and this is what I came up with.

I think the blocks that have rows of flying geese are my favorite blocks so I pieced another variation of the geese.

I will remove the offending block and sew this one in when I attach the next rows. Yes, rows . . . I am going to keep on piecing and get the next row finished. The next row is the very center row of the quilt. I will halfway finished piecing these blocks! 

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