Let's recall, for a moment, the block of the month block that brought my block of the month-ing to a halt last month.

Ahh, the mosaic tile with the sparkly purple corners and the fluorescent leaves and that nothing green yucking up the center. I peeked into the block kits for the last half of the year and noticed that green and those leaves reappearing. Even the sparkles were going to return. I couldn't let that happen. I searched quilt shops and online stores for some suitable substitutes, sewed up a couple new blocks with the new fabrics, resewed a couple of old blocks, and then set about getting this one - the block that broke the camel's back - finally right.

can you find the one fabric I kept?

What do you think? I love the two oranges in the middle. It keeps some movement there without the extra contrast. One thing I didn't like about this block, besides most of the fabrics, was the way that there were so many different colors in it. All of the blocks are very bright and many of them have several colors all working together, but this one just seemed to have too much going on. I felt like it was time to do a calm - but still bright - block. I miss that red, but it didn't work as well with the newer fabrics and, trust me, it looks way better in the picture than it does in person. That new green though looks even better in real life. I loved that marble-y green fabric as soon as I saw it and it seemed well-suited for a mosaic tile block. Now instead of dreading the reappearance of blah greens, I can look forward to sneaking this sophisticated print into another block.

Yay! I declare the block of the month quilt all bettert!

"All bettert" is what the boys used to say when they were little. Now we adults are the only ones who still use it.