February 10, 2021

Many of the blocks in both the Splendid Sampler series and on my calendar are red, white and blue because both are published in the United States. Normally I would change the colours to something (almost anything) else. I worked on this card on January 20th, while I watched and listened to the inauguration of President Biden so red, white and blue didn’t seem so odd.

There are 53 pieces in this block; I was very glad that it was paper pieced. I tried to do some ruler quilting on the block but there were just too many seams. After two attempts I went back to my tried-and-true star.

I clearly remember standing in the hallway of our Fort Smith apartment when I got the news of Kevin’s birth.