Replacing Farm Fields

What Was I Thinking?
This is the latest block for the Dear Baby Jane group, H13 - Farm Fields. The first time I made it (years ago), I used mustard yellow and pastel yellow -- together. Yuck! What was I thinking?! In my defense, the inspiration fabric includes mustard yellow. Moral of the story: When you repeat a mistake, it's still a mistake.

Color Correction
Last night I re-did this simple block using colors that are more compatible with the rest of my Dear Jane blocks (and each other!) I thought about using the floral fabric again but I did not have enough of the flowers to do fussy cuts so I switched to yellow stripes that resemble a plowed field. Even though I previously used this striped fabric for another block, D8 - Dee Dee's Delight, I convinced myself that something had gotten onto my fabric. I was all set to rewash the fabric but luckily, I finally figured out that the gray flecks are part of the fabric design.

Piecing
Somehow, my organizing system failed and I could not find the original templates but, I was able to use templates saved from other Dear Jane blocks. When I made the mustard-pastel block, I pieced the four fussy cuts first. There is no way of telling for sure if they were machine or hand pieced since I appliqued the X on top of the seams and then removed the telltale piecing stitches when I removed the freezer paper (used for the applique) via a cut on the back of the block. At that time, my confidence in my applique skills outweighed my confidence in my piecing skills by a long shot. This time I hand pieced the whole thing. I think applique gave a better result as there is a slight waviness to the X in the newest block but, nothing terrible. It's a definite keeper.

Mosaics
I'm still addicted to Mosaic Maker! Here are two more. I love the lattice and diamonds formed by the X's and the way the geometric X's and somewhat organic stars offset each other. The second mosaic has a narrow e-sashing.