Sew As Desired

 Decided to go with my initial for a block since the kite block didn't seem to fit in.  But it would have been good corner blocks I suppose.  The blocks I am joining the Birds in the Air block to are 6 inches unfinished so I drew a paper pieced block because I couldn't do the math for that an unfinished 6 inch block.  I found a free pattern for 6.5" unfinished.  Oh well.  The paper one worked out ok.   I was running out of that shade of blue fabric but I pieced 2 pieces together so my 4 blocks would match.  Now I will work on figuring out the details of finishing it up.  Thank you to the bloggers that furnished pattern ideas. It was a fun adventure.  

 Kathleen McMusing showed several suggestions and those inspired me to make a choice of style and placement.  Mine are on all the corners.  I haven't figured out what to do yet in the very corners.  

 I'm getting done at the last minute this week.  I didn't especially like the yellow strips I put in the upper corners so I left the lower corners plain.  I kinda fussy cut the zigzag fabric so it looks a bit like Rickrack.  The two long stips on the side are decorative enough so that is that.  No extra cutting and sewing because I like the look of how it fits.  I did have a time deciding whether the pink should be inward or outward.  As you can see it ended up on the outer edges.   Otherwise, I made a jacket this week.  

 My friendship stars are added to top and bottom for this week.  I considered going all the way around.  I can always add more next week depending on what the new prompt will be and  how things will fit together.  

This week I made HST's and added them to the top and bottom of my project.  I had to add an inch to each end of the top and bottom rows because the braids that I made are 5" wide (finished) and my HST's are 4" wide (finished)  and my starting block is 16" (finished).   So I did whatever I could do the easiest way to make it all fit.  What will happen next week?  I don't want to think about it right now.  lol.   Well, that is part of the fun of it.  Figuring it out as we go along.    

 I chose to do Braid for this prompt.  I haven't sewn it onto the center block yet because I kinda want to see what comes next and do I want the braid on the sides or on the top and bottom of the first block?  I thought about putting braid all the way around but I think it would overpower the center block.