Pondering

hand sewn and fairly square

Machine sewn...and sewn wrong but seems to be square...why?!

OK So I saw Julia and Julie yesterday...great show...and decided i needed to ponder....what on earth am i doing hand sewing the smaller le moyne star blocks(6-6 1/2"-not trimmed them down yet) i want to use in the corners of the quilts...OH WAIT I KNOW...trying to get the blocks to be square...for some reason some of them just refuse to be square...so i thought hand sew them....that usually cures all my ills with stars...but NO still wonky...machine sewn, ripped, hand sewn still wonky

and yes I cut them correctly...all the pieces are the right size the seams are the right size but still they are not all perfect...am i being anal? yes? have i ripped and resewn and ripped and resewn yes...Hand sewn ...not too bad

And then heres another oddity i discovered...i can actually piece the block faster by hand then by machine...or at least as fast...no its faster...why is that...arent machines supposed to set us free?? Its all that repeated ripping and resewing and ripping and resewing...sighhhh...will this quilt get done?? going on week three...isnt it week three? well it feels like week three:>