You've done all you can now, so don't worry.
 
You'll be glad you entered when the show's over and you'll wonder why you were so worried.

Hold your head high. They're going to look great on display.

Sandra.
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Cheesecake...That's a lovely block.

Great choice of fabrics.

Sandra.
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Oh, dear...it does look a scruffy mess.

£45 just to take in a skirt?

I suppose it's a good thing they left all the turnings on and didn't press it very well/at all. Hope they at least used a nice new machine needle and it hasn't got snaggy stitch holes.

Good luck!

Sandra.
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Oh, Ploshkin.....don't be so hard on yourself. I can see shimmer in it. Your block works.

If it had been made as a larger piece with more blocks it would have shimmered more.

I simply copied someone else's and even then, I doubted it was going to work. The prints mixed together looked...  ....ugh!

Sandra.
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Thank you 

It's not that big....it only measures 41.5 inches square.

Once I found I'd got 8 fruit fabrics already in my stash, I couldn't stop myself from going larger on the block to make the most of the shimmer effect.

It looks awful as you're putting it together. Really loud and clashy. You have to stand back to appreciate the effect.

Sandra.
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Thank you for your compliments  Nice to know you like it.

I've been having a little look today for my 'missing' outer fabric. I can't step away from the idea of using green...(sorry Lowena). I spotted a wonderful 'grass' fabric, very realistic, but don't wish to spend £13 on it.

I have thought of a batik but haven't found a dark enough shade...in fact, it's been quite difficult to find something dark enough. My sewing isn't tidy enough for a very plain fabric, ( Ha, ha!. Sharp and snappy points. Me? Lol !)... so I have looked at marbled type fabrics.
I'm trying to avoid the colour being too light, because it needs to show up against the strawberry leaf green in the bottom centre.

Anyway, I've found two fabrics, which I have ordered and I'll see which is best.

Confession time.....
Due to my shoddy sewing skills, ( I think I cut them accurately?)  I discovered my triangle blocks came up as a different size to the main squares, so have had to re-cut my central squares a bit larger...

Worse than that....I didn't have enough of some of the fabrics, so some of them have had to have pieces added on to extend them...(Blimey. That makes it sound a right botch-up). It sounds worse than it looks...honest. It's so loud and busy, you can't see unless you look for it....and I've pattern matched!...In fact, if I hadn't mentioned it.....(especially if I photograph it from a good distance away ).
 
I'm (just about) OK cutting my fabrics with the rotary cutter, but I'm not stitching an accurate quarter inch seam.
I must invest in a special foot for my machine.

It's looking good so far. I've stitched what I can to hold it all together.

Sandra.
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That sounds interesting.

If it was on at the NEC, I'd go to it...I know I can get there and back easily.

Sandra.
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