wild kaleidoscope

You already know about Allison's pattern,
Jeweled Kaleidoscope,

and that I got to be a pattern tester for her;

this

was my first project,

and used the full-size block version of the pattern.

When I tell you that I am FPP challenged,

I'm not sure you realize quite how bad the situation is.

I sewed so many fabrics wrong on this,

one would think I was in a sitcom!

Once

I sat down at my machine,

after *just* telling a friend that I'd had to seam rip

 2 out of the 8 seams I'd sewn,

and darn it if I didn't mess up my 9th seam too!!

And on it went...

I sat at my machine laughing at myself,

because,

 really - I'm hilariously pathetic when it comes to FPP.

I'm telling you - it's just all backwards for me.

I applied the binding to the back, then sewed it down on the front. By machine. With sparkly thread. Who am I??!

Tyler and Brandon asked what was wrong with the pattern

that I was having such troubles,

and I said, "Nothing!

It's a great pattern, 

Very clever.

And everything fits together just right,

I just have a major mental block when it comes to foundation paper piecing!"

And ya'll thought I was joking....

I eventually managed to get all of my components sewn,

and then sewn together into a block

(never mind that I sewed them together wrong.

I decided I very much liked it that way ;-)

I added a border

and turned my block into a 16 inch pillow cover

to go along with the quilt

for my sister :-)

Allison,

thank again for the opportunity to test your awesome pattern.

I'm sorry I'm a blight in the world of FPP