A rescue and QAL

Hello Ladies (and gents if any)

Now where do I start.  First of all. I finally got aroung to trying to rescue my little quilt.  Remember the small tragedy of the melted ric rac?  I unpicked the melty ric rac, washed the quilt and dried it.  The smear of red melted ric rac is still there, if you look closely.  I havent added any more trim, as I am still deciding what to do. 

goodbye melty ric rac

Also, I am taking part in How far will you go QAL by Jess of Scrappy-n-happy and Jess of the elven garden .  It is an eye opener for me.  I have done so much ripping out  reverse stitching, and still not happy with some blocks.  I realise paper piecing and I have a long way to go.....but we're getting there slowly.

Here's my tale of block 4. The St Louis Star.

I havent done much in the way of paper piecing, so it took a while to get my head around where to place the fabric ( Jess, I didnt follow your method.....bad quilter)

I kept going, and behold I made something that looked really good (in my eyes)

I think I could get to like this :) :)

THE NEXT STAGE I DIDNT PHOTOGRAPH.  I couldnt get all those centre points to meet nicely. Boo Hoo :(

So out came the seam ripper....or to be exact my fine embroidery scissors.

Stitched once more I could  hardly bear to peep after ironing it

It's still not great.   Such a lovely block deserves better than this.

I'm not ripping again though.  Thankfully I need only one of these, sooooo upward and onward. I have one of block five to make and three of block six to catch up. 

I am enjoying this QAL so much though.  Thank you Jess and Jess.