Done is Better than Perfect

I was having lunch with some of my quilty friends. We began passing our phones around showing pictures of projects we had made. Perhaps we were talking about gifts we had sewn, I'm not sure. I showed the ladies this clock that I made as a Santa exchange gift in 2024. 

One of the ladies liked it so much, she told some members of our quilt guild about it. 

One of them approached me about teaching a class in March to help others make a clock.

Yikes!

I had no pattern, or instructions.

I had simply seen one and decided, "Yeah, I can make something like that!"

and fudged my way through it. 

Oh, and could I have a sample ready by our Jan 7 meeting?

Double yikes!

I grabbed the materials I had at the house, made a trip to Hobby Lobby for a few items,

made a trip to WalMart for some other bits and pieces...

and went to work. 

I made a nine-patch block and put a border around it.

I put some interfacing on it, and glued and taped it to a square of foam core board.

I made another block with generous borders,

interfaced it and glued and taped it to a canvas.

I've written up the instructions. Well, most of them.

When I get home I will put in the hole for the clock mechanism 

and secure the small square onto the larger one. 

Done is better than perfect!