Prosperity Block

 

I’m starting to worry about this quilt. Today’s block will be 6”x6” once it’s stitched into the top. And there are 49 tiny pieces of fabric in it! Much of the fabric I used has become seam allowance – the part you can’t see, folded and pressed in carefully planned directions in the back. So, this block weighs almost twice as much most quilt blocks its size. It’s a minor miracle that the seams (most of them, anyway) line up where they should. But an entire king-sized quilt full of blocks this densely packed will weigh a ton. Its own weight might pull it out of square, even before it’s been quilted and bound. I thoroughly enjoy piecing these intricate, challenging blocks. But I’m growing more and more convinced that they belong in miniature quilts – doll quilts, table toppers and wall hangings – and not in a quilt that will cover a king-sized bed.