An old friend - with HST

 In 2016, I joined the Modern HST quilt-along with Alyce. I didn't quite follow through but eventually caught up with the blocks in January 2019. I had all but one block done and a problem: I didn't have enough background fabric left for the last block. 

I searched online, ordered some, my order was cancelled because the fabric was out of stock. I launched an appeal online but never got any reply. So I was stuck with 23 blocks, not sure what to do to finish it off. 

And finally earlier this month, I decided that I could make the top with 20 blocks and use the 3 extra for the back. Finally this week I found the blocks and the rest of the fabric and started laying it all up. I also found a few extra HST that I decided I could arrange into one last block to be back to the original plan of 24 blocks. So I made this block with a mix of 3'' and 4'' HSTs. 

And then I laid all the blocks on the floor...

and decided that maybe a square quilt 5x5 would be nicer so maybe I could try and make yet another block, why not?!

So I unpicked the block I did the day before and decided not to mix the 3'' and 4'' HSTs and somehow try to make 2 blocks out of those. 

With those extra 2 blocks, I had enough for a square quilt top, which I now need to piece together, hopefully this week...  Wish me luck!

That's 3 blocks for this month (even though one has been unpicked!) and an old UFO out of the box. Such a nice feeling!

Linking to Brag about your Beauties, Off the wall Friday, Peacock Party,  Whoop Whoop Friday, Patchwork and Quilts, Monday Making, Monday Design Wall

Celine