The Project of Doom, Take Three

I have been quietly working on my third  Project of Doom quilt before my second it finished.  That is the kind of stuff that used to drive my mother crazy! When I was a teenager, I remember her bugging me to finish putting together a sweater I had knit before I started another.  She was all about the finished project.  I am all about the process.  She would be very uncomfortable if she knew how many UFOs and WIPs I have now.  It is a good thing we don't live together anymore!

I have 3 blocks done for POD3.  I'm keeping up with the POD stitch along, and it is pretty easy, except that I have none of the titles on any of these blocks yet.  I'm trying to get all the titles on POD2 done first. 

I rarely have a paper piece fail anymore.  And I'd done this block at least 2 times before.  The pattern was slightly redesigned for this stitch along, and I did the new parts fine.  It was the basic block I messed up.  Here's what it should look like:

 

 

This time, my first mistake was printing out the pattern at the wrong size:  it was about 1/2 an inch smaller than it should have been.  My second mistake was totally missing that little bit of background below the leaning book.  I ended up adding a piece to the top of the block to make it the correct size.

 

It is ironic that I made so many beginner's mistakes.  The hard part of the block, the deathly hallows symbol, came together fine for me.  I then decided that I'd try and make the mirror image of the block.  I had multiple failures with this block, and it took me almost a day and a half to come up with this (which I can't get to turn despite taking multiple pictures and going into picassa web albums):

 

 

Let me just say that if you want to make a mirror image of a paper pieced block, you must CAREFULLY redraw  the pattern, or it will not fit together correctly.  Also, make sure you have enough fabric, just in case you have make a mistake.  I will probably use both blocks in my POD3 quilt.