(really? that's the BEST you can do for a title, Teresa??)
The scrappy neutral and green log cabin blocks are progressing. I have found that quarter inch "sweet spot" on my new Janome 6600. There's nothing like making 120 log cabin blocks for solidifying that perfect seam allowance. I have 25 of 120 of the blocks completely made.
They aren't this dark...for some reason all the pictures for this post are too stinkin' dark. The centers are really nice, vibrant red scraps, not the muddy brown that they seem to be above. This isn't the final setting...I will probably set them in a barnraising setting when I get them all done. The "logs" finish 3/4 inch wide and the "cabins" will finish 9 inches.
I have a few more blocks in various stages of "done-ness." Now if the pressing was as much fun as the chain piecing...
I like LOVE piecing again! I love the feed dog system on this machine. ..I have not had the block eaten by the throat plate a single time (what a nice change!).
I also managed to get Kate's block finished for our Bee Balm quilting bee. It looked really challenging, but with Kate's directions it went together pretty well! Yahoo! I'm catching up! Beebee, your heart blocks are next on my list...
This was something from my UFO pile...I started this YEARS ago and put the blocks away in an unlabeled container with no notes. I thought if I put the blocks together, I might remember where I was going with this, but there are no bells ringing in my head...just that annoying cricket sound. This is why I now make notes and put the pattern/quilt plans away WITH the project. I have no memory of even starting this one...I need to come up with some simple borders and call this one "done."
Between a new roof and hot water heater for the house, my new Janome sewing machine, and a new French horn for my daughter, we are doing more than our part to get the economy going...now it is somebody else's turn...
Ahhh...I love sewing in the quilt cave and hearing beautiful melodies coming from upstairs...Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Doctor Who melodies, not to mention some Mozart and a few other jewels. It doesn't get any better than this...
In stitches,
Teresa :o)
