Last Sunday, I showed you how I made my first Celtic Knots block.

I loved it!

So I picked out three more fabric sets and made three more blocks.

Then I put all four on the design wall.

That was when I noticed something important: the two blocks on the upper right…

…didn’t have enough contrast.

Some of the fabrics blended together, and the knot design wasn’t as clear as I wanted.

It’s a good reminder that I need to look carefully at the fabrics within each block, not just at how pretty they look together in a stack. The design wall helped me see something I hadn’t noticed while I was sewing.

Will I keep those two blocks or remake them? I’m going to wait until I’ve made the other 23 blocks and can see how everything works together.

If they still stand out for the wrong reasons, they’re history—or perhaps they’ll find a home on the back of the quilt!

Note to self: Make good fabric choices!

In Saturday’s post, I showed you how I sewed a background square diagonally onto the end of a fabric strip for my Celtic Knots quilt. I promised to tell you what happened to the fabric in that corner!

I don’t like cutting off and throwing away a generous piece of fabric. So, after sewing the first diagonal line, I stitched a second line about 1/2-inch away from the first line…

Before cutting anything apart, I used the ironing method I learned years ago. First, I pressed the larger triangle into place and checked that it was straight…

Then I folded it back and pressed the smaller triangle, too…

Now that I KNOW both seams are properly pressed, I cut between the two lines of stitching…

I pressed them back in place and ended up with the strip I needed for the block and an extra half-square triangle (HST)!…

At some point, I’ll pull out my Bloc-Loc ruler and square up all these bonus HSTs. What will I use them for? Who knows! But they’re ready for a future project instead of going into the trash.