Turns out it’s really difficult to pay attention to cutting instructions when you keep getting distracted by your 6 month old puppy. It also doesn’t help to be working in small increments of time on multiple days. So…I thought I had all the pieces cut for Tula Pink’s “Fairy Tale Lane” pattern from her book, Quilts from the House of Tula Pink, but not quite.

Turns out I had most of the pieces, but I found several of them were cut a bit too short. I’m using a set of fat quarters and there is no more fabric. So, I improvised. Initially I added a piece of the same fabric, but as I carried on, I used contrasting fabrics instead. I liked that so much that I unpicked the matching patches and replaced them with contrasting one.

There are 4 blocks in the photo above. Three of them have been “enhanced” with an added patch. One of them is perfect. Can you tell which is which?

I actually think this is going to make this quilt much more interesting. While it might not work for every traditionally pieced block, it clearly does for this one.

Oh, and one other thing. Tula Pink designs modern quilt fabrics, quilts, and accessories. I must have some kind of moxie to be using late 1800’s reproduction fabrics in one of her patterns. It’s the little dogs folks! Why else??