On Sunday, I did something I rarely do. I forced myself to work on a project I’m not in love with…. the Blockhead quilt. I explained why I fell out of love in a previous post. And, as much as I wanted to start something new – I knew if I didn’t work on this one now, I never would.

I was really hoping I could finish the whole top… but to be honest, that was a fruitless hope and I knew it. Top assembly alone usually takes all afternoon and I still had six blocks left to make. There was no way to do that AND assemble the top – even though I started at 10 am.

When last you saw the project, it looked like this.

The next step was to create six more of them, but with the colours mixed up a bit. I’d distracted myself a work one day last week by planning that out.

A very high-tech road map, as you can see.

So… I decided to start with the hardest block. The one with the Half-Square Rectangles. There is apparently a ruler that makes these much each to create, but I don’t have it. So I had to take it slow. Eventually, I managed them.

Thought they are far from perfect. But I’m operating on the theory that the cute skunk will distract your eye from the imperfections anyway. And with that block out of the way, the other five went as smoothly as could be.

It still took until dinner time, but I am thrilled to show you all 12 finished blocks together.

I may play with the layout before sewing them together, but as of this moment, this is the best arrangement for the colours/prints as made.

This weekend, I’ll sew them all together, add some borders and finally say goodbye to this project. At least until it’s time to quilt it – but that’s probably a month or two off.