Nearly Insane Quilt - Block 9

Block 9 - Nearly Insane Quilt

Somehow with all the hand quilting going on, I have managed to complete Block 9 of the Nearly Insane Quilt.  In fact it was finished off on the journey whilst delivering the quilt for the NEC Festival of Quilts Exhibition.
 
It was not too difficult a block, though I did have to concentrate to get the red stripe (Redwork Rendevous) all going in the same direction. Also I keep sewing the HSTs in the wrong direction.  If you have ever done pinwheels, I expect you may have come across the same problem.  In your head you think, this block is so simple, how can it go wrong?  Then you start sewing, and some pinwheels are turning in an opposite direction to the rest.....


Block 9 - Nearly Insane Quilt

Also, there is a subtle Cherry fabric theme in this block.  The "Days Gone By" fabric is a cherry pattern and some of the cream scraps I have used have a white cherry print on them too - probably hard to see via the internet, but they are there.  There is a bit of the Mama Said Sew range in there too - if you pop over to the Fat Quarter Shop today, they have the range on sale.
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NUMBER OF PIECES: 
DIFFICULTY: 4/10
SMALLEST PIECE: Triangle,3/4" (18mm) x 1/2" (13mm) x 1/2" (13mm)
LARGEST PIECE: Rectangle, 2 1/2" (64mm) x 3/4" (19mm)
TECHNIQUE: English Paper Piecing (EPP)
FABRICS:
"Somerset Shirtings" c 1890 by Julie Hendrickson and Nancy Gere, Windham Fabrics # 35205
"Days Gone By" for Exclusively Quilters
"Redwork Rendevous" by Alex Anderson for P&B Textiles
"Cream Zig Zag Stripe", Mama Said Sew, Sweetwater for Moda
Cream scraps