When the July 2020 Sew Sampler Box arrived last month, I opened it excitedly, like I always do. The past few boxes haven't been my thing pattern-wise, but that's okay. I'm signed up to expand my skills, receive interesting notions and fabric, and honest, open the mailbox to something fun. This box, though there was something about it that appealed to me. I don't know if it was the color combination, the overall appearance, or all of it, but I wanted to make it.

As I usually do, I added all of the products needed to finish the larger size to my cart on Fat Quarter Shop and walked away. I do this a lot. It saves me from over-impulse-buying and keeps me from purchasing too much that I don't need. I checked the next day, and many of the fabrics I needed were now out of stock. I got a little annoyed but then decided I liked it enough to make the smaller version, so I purchased the finishing kit.

Boy, am I glad I made that choice! Not because I'm sad I would've missed out. I would've survived if I had, but now that I've started the teeny, tiny little half-square triangles, I'm so glad that I only had to make just over 100 versus MANY more.

Even using the Triangles on a Roll for 1" finished HSTs, it has been quite the project. I was hoping that I could get it done in a week, but with work and all of the other projects I'm working on, that didn't happen.

I'm about 1/3 of the way done with the small 9-patch blocks, and even though they're small and a bit fiddly, I do get excited every time I finish sewing, press them, and square them.