Just Sayin'

During the summer of 2012,
after I made and entered the Dresden Plate quilt
that's in my header picture
into a quilt challenge,
I thought to take the block a step further

and add two more borders.

Then I thought to stitch an embroidery design in the center

in place of the Dresden Plate,

as pictured here on Nola's Just Rambling blog in Dec. 2013.

I've made a couple each year to gift family and friends

as pillows and wallhangings.

Imagine my surprise when I was scrolling through 

a well known designer's site the other day 

and found it on her blog as a new pattern she launched 

just this past October 

on her site and in her Etsy store. 

I'm sure the embroidery design she uses in her center is her own.   

I don't have an artistic bone in my body, and, 

except for the word ring, 

I either borrowed someone else's embroidery design, 

or used a Dresden Plate.

I realize it's a simple little pattern and anyone could have dreamt it, 

that there really isn't anything exclusive about it.  I was just surprised.

Either great minds think alike, 

or, as they say, 

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I'm not a skilled and talented designer,
but once in awhile I apparently come up with a good idea.
Just sayin'.

Have a wonderful, funderful day!
~karen