Oops!

After messing & fiddling & un-stitching and re-stitching for what seemed like half my life, I finally got two rows of the Valentine blocks together.....only to find that I've sewn the E section on upside down. Doh!! On the plus side, all of the blocks are done even though I ran short of greens and had to leave off the last side of some of the blocks. The size difference is only 1 green strip, so 2" or so. This is making the putting together a little more creative than I'd expected, but it's working out since the blocks I shorted are all set between whole ones and I have plenty of burgundy left to use for filler.
I love the green & pink & burgundy combination and I already see big areas to play with new quilting ideas building themselves in the design. Since this quilt is going to stay here with me, I intend for it to be a machine quilting practice piece and don't expect than any two blocks will be quilted the same. So many good patterns & ideas for quilting float around out there, I need to expand beyond diamonds and stippling. Here's a shot of where I'm leaving it for tonight. Maybe there will be time to pull those 4 blocks out before work tomorrow.