I joined an online Block of the Month club this year. The promo material said it would teach me some new techniques, and at the end of the year I would have a completed sampler quilt.

The technique is quite simple and the video I was following was very well done (better than the paper instructions and I’m generally more of a paper-instruction gal).

I got the first block finished before lunch but I wasn’t very happy with it. The lines didn’t match and, although I knew the second block was to be wonky, the asterisk block was supposed to have matching lines.

I finished up the wonky pound sign block (much easier than the first) and then started over again the asterisk. Although not perfect even the second time around, it is much better and I had some extra practice on the technique.