Month 5 “Ethereal Grove”... And a wicked Ouchie

Completed and pinned together Month 5 of Sweet Pea’s Mystery Block “Ethereal Grove”— and FINALLY pinned all current blocks to my design wall. Relieved to have made it through this month’s challenge… I’ll spare all further details of obstacles this month

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This is current quilt layout as shared on their website... They update it monthly with the BOM reveals on first Weds of month.

And here is my quilt, 

pinned in place to my design wall.

Thankfully, Month 5 only involved 4 blocks...

4 blocks that would result in outpatient surgery!

Oyyyyyyyy,

It all comes down to trying to hoard and minimize waste of my Tula Pink collection.

All was going well---

and then it wasn't.

My finger got jammed under the needle and it went through my nail and finger.

Ofcourse, once the shock of the pain stabilized---

 I obsessed over fabric damage, 

I mean- we r talking TP!

Then I saw it.

I was missing the tip of the needle and it was nowhere in site.

Now, I knew where all that pain and blood was from.

At first I thought my DH would just tweeze it out.

X-ray ruled that a no go.

So off to hospital. 

(At least there were numbing drugs)... 

and eventually- I was needle free.

Now I just had to not use it for anything... 

at least I had an excuse to give all who deserved it the finger!

Sew, that was nearly a week ago, and I finally am back to sewing.

Below are some pics of a block in progress:

I no longer bothered hoarding fabric

Month 5 required 3 of block A

And 1 of block B

Meanwhile,

I started building up my quilt wall- 

pinning the blocks in place.

And now,

til month 6: