centered

Here's a little block I've been working on. It's going to be my center for Bloomin' Workshop's Medallion Quilt Along. It's a traditional block, Old Maid's Patience, and I got the pattern from the April issue of American Patchwork and quilting. In the magazine they do a whole quilt with these blocks set on point, and it's really pretty.

Much of the piecing was part of Quilts on a Plane Part 2: the London Flight. I'm a little disappointed that some of my points came out messy. I was extra careful to have my seams all lined up, and on their own each of the stars is near perfect. However, in my caution I used a too-small seam allowance on them so when it came time to integrate them with the rest of the pieces the centers came out all poofy. Like outie star bellybuttons. I've managed to press them into some sort of submission, but the centers, they are not perfect. I'm struggling with it because most of me says, "No way in hell I'm doing that over--adds character!" but there's a smaller part that says, "This is going to be the center of a big 'ol quilt, shouldn't it be the best it can be?" Quite possibly, this is the best it can be.