In 2004 this book came out and I really liked quite a few of the quilts in it so I bought the book.
I chose to make this one and knew I had the fabric selection to make it very similar to the picture.
For this one you made 5 decks (stacks) of the fabric. I did 4 of the decks right away and pieced the blocks and then put it aside.
Then when I was ready to cut the 5th deck, I made 2 errors. I probably had the first 4 decks right side up when I cut and did number 5 face down, which makes the block swirl in the opposite direction. Now if that wasn't bad enough, mistake number 2 really did it. You were supposed to then remove the center stack and using one piece as a pattern, cut all of the centers of the same fabric for all of the blocks. I picked up strip 1 by mistake and cut up all of the remaining green fabric that I had. I realized my error as soon as I got to the third strip in sewing.
I put it aside again for a couple more years, and now I think I need to fix it. I have enough fabric of everything but the center to totally re cut the last block and make them swirl in the right direction.
I chose to make this one and knew I had the fabric selection to make it very similar to the picture. For this one you made 5 decks (stacks) of the fabric. I did 4 of the decks right away and pieced the blocks and then put it aside. Then when I was ready to cut the 5th deck, I made 2 errors. I probably had the first 4 decks right side up when I cut and did number 5 face down, which makes the block swirl in the opposite direction. Now if that wasn't bad enough, mistake number 2 really did it. You were supposed to then remove the center stack and using one piece as a pattern, cut all of the centers of the same fabric for all of the blocks. I picked up strip 1 by mistake and cut up all of the remaining green fabric that I had. I realized my error as soon as I got to the third strip in sewing. I put it aside again for a couple more years, and now I think I need to fix it. I have enough fabric of everything but the center to totally re cut the last block and make them swirl in the right direction.You can put these blocks in any log cabin layout and I think I will do a zig zag because then I can hide the ones with the different centers in the layout without it being obvious.
Now I just have to think backwards and try to figure out how to cut the last set. I only have one more chance.