A Challenge From Gypsy!

After most of the day off line yesterday, working on banners and otherwise being sore from weather, I check this morning and discover a challenge over on Gypsylulu Delights to *find* my block I made during a class years ago with Paula Nadelstern and post it here.
Well. Hmmmmmm..........
This was indeed a challenge because I have FIVE cabinets of fabric and fabric related items and I have moved things, and I have not sewed seriously in a long time.
A very long time.
So I crawled under the tables, and as luck would have it, found the one cabinet on the first try where this gem was hidden away!

It is not bordered out---that's just my normal black backdrop, but I always thought it would be elegant on some sort of black on black fabric. With, perhaps a little blue in it.

I cannot tell you how many templates I cut for this....there is piece after piece after piece. Some *look* like one piece but are not. (do click the photo and see if it will enlarge for a better resolution)

This shows the single *slice* (plus a bit)  that makes this wonderful block. I wish I could say I made another, and another. But alas, I did this ONE and that was it.

I have always wanted to revisit the process though. Maybe in my dotage, which is fast approaching, I will stop all this other nonsense I do and create more of these lovely creatures. I am sure I still have some of all the fabric......HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! In fact, safely secured somewhere is a drawer full of symmetrical prints, made long before Paula came out with her line of fabrics specifically for this use.

And this proves that if geometery was taught using quilting, I could have gotten an *A* instead of the.....well.....never mind!

So Gypsy, my dear friend, this post is for YOU!!!! Enjoy!!!

And for any of you that ever have an opportunity to take a class from Paula, go! Do not hesitate! She is a wonderful, down to earth teacher and fun to learn from. You can't ask for more than that. :-)

And now I'm off to work on the banners.......sigh.......

Pax.