Dixie Diary Month 11: Just Hominy

Perhaps corn was on my mind with the hominy, or maybe the bright sunshine, put me in a bright yellow mood for this block.  I think the graphic detail on the star pieces give it a bit of a modern flair.

I also tried some purple combinations -- if I had used purple, the middle would have been moved up and to the right slightly - you can see a bit of the purple flower in the upper portion of the block's middle square. I thought I liked it better until I took pictures and compared them, and settled on the yellow.

I had a little trouble with the Y seams, and I actually think now it is because I miscalculated and made my middle square a tad too small.  (The instructions were originally incorrect - easy typo to miss when you're posting two sizes of blocks.) Anyway - the block finished a bit too small, so I will need to add coping strips to it when setting it.  No big problem there - I've done it before and I suspect I will do it again!

There is just one more month to go for this very fun project. I have an ambitious (for me) setting and border planned so it may take into the New Year I expect before I finish this one.

I have so many projects going at the moment, but that's for another post.