Star quadrants

There's a self-imposed rule about sewing in this house. I don't sew past 4 p.m. This is partly so I don't push my back muscles too hard (sitting for long periods leaves me in a lot of pain), but also because after 4 p.m., my brain apparently turns into a pumpkin.

I can be having the best sewing day, 4 p.m. hits and things start going sour. Every. Time.

So I really should have stuck to my rule last weekend. It was already 3 p.m. when I started, but I realized the deadline for the Starburst quilt is creeping up. I really needed to get moving on it. I figured I had enough time to sew together one quadrant.  It went together fairly well, so I thought, 'I really should do the other quadrant and sew all four together. It's only 16 more blocks, then three long seams.

I looked at the clock...

It was 3:55 p.m...

...

I thought, 'To heck with it - just get it done. Then you can go shopping for border fabric during the week and finish the whole top next weekend.'

So I sewed. And sewed, and sewed some more. And I got to the point where all four quadrants were done, I just need to sew them together. I laid them all down on the bed in place...

Can you see it?

 I messed up the placement of these two blocks. Total pumpkin brain. They are the same print, but one is a lighter shade background. And it's VERY obvious. And unfortunately, it's not as easy as just ripping that row off and swapping the blocks. I have to rip back almost all the seams, and redo it.

Sigh...

I'll still go shopping for border fabric this week, and I'll probably still be able to get the top done by the end of next weekend... but gee...

Always follow your own rules. And beware the pumpkin brain.