A Major Miscalculation

I made four sample BowTie blocks, just to see if I wanted to make more, and decided I do.  (These four are not yet sewn together.)

Four bowties will become a 12" block.  I decided 5 blocks x 7 blocks would be a good size and calculated that I would need to cut and sew 35 blocks:  2 background squares at 3½" and 2 colored squares at 3½" and two colored squares at 2".  Right.  So I cut and cut and cut and had enough for 20 bow ties and thought, I only have 15 more to make.  Amazing!   And then suddenly it dawned on me that I need 35 blocks with four bowties each.  I need 140 bowties!  What a major miscalculation!  I have my work cut out for me, cutting another 120 blocks.  Oh my, I could be cutting for a week.
Above, you can see cut light squares across the top and below, left to right, light and dark squares; matched squares with their corners sewn and pressed; and on the right are pairs of squares pinned for sewing.

These blocks came about because I have an abundance of fabrics, many from shirts, in the red-to-brown range, and plenty of scraps, both dark and light, which I thought would make a warm-looking quilt for winter.  We'll see how it goes.  If I get the top finished I expect to use it for a Hands2Help donation.

On April 29, I finished the quilt below for Hand2Help.  In retrospect, red fabric might have been better for a border, at least from a distance.  When I asked what readers thought in a previous post, Quilting Babcia at Amity Quilter suggested a narrow blue/green border, then a wider red border.  It would have worked well but I struggle with borders and so added only one.

Up close I think the blue/green dotted fabric works. 

Camera Joy!
Any of you who have been reading this blog for a month or so may remember that my little Canon PowerShot A560 was not working properly.  It took photos but they were not as clear as they had been, and the macro photos were practically indecipherable.  I took it to a camera repair shop and found no help.  I contacted several other camera/photo shops in the area who said they would look at it but probably couldn't help.  And I finally contacted Canon, whose representative said that they'd discontinued service for my camera so there was no help.  Several people offered suggestions but the most helpful came from Lizzy of Gone to the Beach, who suggested I try a reset.  Hmmm.  I didn't realize I could reset the camera.  I looked online and found easy directions, followed them, and now my camera is back to practically normal.  I don't think it's as good as before it had problems but it's definitely better than it was.  Thank you, Lizzy!

I'm linking this post to
>  Finished (or not) Friday at Alycia Quilts
>  Peacock Party Wendy's Quilts and More
>  Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
>  Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework
Thank you for hosting, ladies.

I'm also linking to Sarah's Hands2Help post at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  Thanks for coordinating and hosting, Sarah.

I hope you all have a great weekend!
--Nancy.