One of those days...

Ever had one of those days when you say to yourself, "I'll just do this quick bit of sewing before I do what I really should be doing"?? You know the reasoning, it tidies up the last of a sewing job, or a friendship block is made and can be mailed off...etc....etc
That was me this morning - an hour of indulgence before starting another chore.
Here are the results -

Beautiful hour glass blocks....

...except it was pinwheels that I really needed to make!! My brain slipped out of gear somewhere at the start of that exercise!!

Never mind, pinwheels (finally) done, then onto the next "little bit of sewing" before starting the chore....

Spot the error - brain out of gear AGAIN!!

Didn't take as long to fix this error!

These blocks are off to Erin, vesuviusmama, who will assemble them into quilts for people who have lost belongings and home due to Hurricane Sandy.
One of the exciting side benefits from making donation or gift blocks is the chance to try out new blocks. I'd never made one of these before (and hadn't been remotely interested in them!) but now I can see they are great blocks. I can see lots of potential in them - lots of fun. But because I still need to catch up and keep up, I'll put those ideas into my idea folder and shut the book - for now...!
Maybe those pinwheel blocks went wrong as I was too excited trying out my new little ruler from Friday's Quilt Show - one of those ones where you draw either side of the ruler to sew half square triangles. I think it helped to keep those seams more accurate.
Here it is with some other purchases that day-

Just a few bits, some William Morris fabric I quite liked and some quilting thread
to play with.

I finally did get to those 'chores' - just a bit later than I planned :-)
Happy creating everyone, thanks for stopping by,

(PS Does anyone need some hour glass blocks - I have some to spare!!)