Summer Sampler

Whew, loooong week! But I did it, I finished my 3 blocks for the Summer Sampler Quilt-A-Long. I am very pleased with how these blocks have turned out. My quarter inch seam allowances are so much better than when I completed my first quilt, which was also a sampler. I didn't have to rip out many seams and really only because I wanted to get triangle points a bit sharper. So far I've learned I am not overly fond of squaring-up pieces of these blocks, as uptight as I am I would rather just hope they turn out in the end than being fussy in the middle. Here are my first three blocks: