Friday, February 5, 2021

Another full day of log cabin blocks and no end in sight for at least another day. One of our Guild members said she thought there was about 80″ of sewing in each block. When I did the math for 28 blocks I thought I was getting close to half a mile by the time all the blocks in this section were done. However I neglected to change my inches to feet so it will be down to 187 feet for the blocks – still quite impressive I think.

I may have been converted to Stacia’s way of doing things – one project at a time. There are a few things on my plate that have a deadline attached to them but for most of my schedule it is one project for each day of the week. I’ve been a bit bored with the routine so a change might be good for me. I’ll try it for the month and see how it goes.

The one advantage I see is that I may get more things finished during a month as opposed to making a little progress on a few different things.

Now, back to my cutting board for a few more strips to add to the logs.

Thursday, February 4, 2021

I was scheduled to be quilting a UFO today but I just can’t leave those log cabin quilts alone. I know I put off quilting whenever possible but I’m switching up the schedule so I’ll have a couple of days of quilting time in a row.

I’m still a long way from having my 28 blocks done – I think four are finished – but I keep going around and around adding a log onto the right, then the bottom, then the left and then the top. And you know the issues I have with left and right (and even top and bottom when reading from the pattern) so I’m taking it very slow. I have enough blocks done to know that the pattern is going to work out the way I wanted it to.

I’ll spend another day on the log cabin blocks and, if there is time, I’ll get back to my scrappy quilt leaders and enders. I’ll move cross stitching up to Saturday and I’ll quilt on Sunday and Monday.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

I walked up to the mailbox this morning and put some Valentine cards into today’s mail. It can’t be predicted how long anything takes to get anywhere, regardless of whether it is sent regular or expedited post. I hope I’ve allowed enough time for them to get to their destinations.

Today was a card-making day but before I got started on that I did some more cutting for my log cabin blocks. I’m now even more anxious to get it done because I know where it is going when it is finished.

My cards this month have been unusual. One card ended up as a wall hanging, one will end up as a table topper, one turned out to be a set of coasters, and some were embroidered and hand quilted.

There is still a bit of time left in my working day so I’m going to get something prepped for quilting.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

I was sewing with the Guild today but before I signed on I wanted to get one of my log cabin blocks finished. For that reason, I was late signing in.

I had no problem with the centre of the block and the first log, but somehow I then stitched more than a dozen of the second log onto the wrong side. From that point on I decided I would just do one block until I got the hang of it.

I’ve managed to get one block finished but it is too early to tell whether or not it will fit together in the pattern I’m hoping for. One of the ladies had her 28 blocks done and on her design wall and it looked great; I’m hoping mine will look as good. She is making 28 more blocks because she wants her quilt larger; I can guarantee I won’t be doing that.

Back to it now before two online concerts start, one late this afternoon and one this evening.