Soon after I first discovered how awesome quilting can actually be, I thought it should be pretty easy to develop my own patterns. I mean, I'm an engineer! How difficult could it be? Apparently, I need a refresher course in basic geometry because I totally F'd up my first pattern. Thankfully, I actually like the outcome, BUT it's definitely not what I initially wanted and I spent an embarrassing amount of time agonizing over the correct measurements so that next time I can create the pattern as it was intended {by me}. Here's a photo of the pattern I sketched for a 16"x16" pillow cover: Initial Pillow Cover Pattern Look at those pointed corners! (and my old engineering paper.....awwww, I love that stuff) Annnnnnnnddddd, here's how it turned out: Little Apples Pillow Cover ACK! What happened to the pointed corners???!!! Don't get me wrong, I love how the pillow looks, but my heart sank when I first sewed a couple blocks together and reali...