Lots of Log Cabins

 Mindless sewing was the aim of the day yesterday, and I certainly achieved that.

A couple of sessions saw another 30 blocks added to the pile. I'm over 100 now, but that is only a 60" square quilt. I'll make another 20, but even when I've finished this top I'll go on making more. They are so easy.

I'd cut stacks of pieces for the blocks, and assembly line pieced them.  I thought I'd cut more than enough, but I ran out of 5.5" light strips towards the end. I had to cut 4 more to finish the amount of blocks I'd done, and now I'm back to having none that size.

Better get busy. I think I need to weed all the light scraps out of the scrap drawers, because there aren't many more in the strip drawer. I have drawers of strips up to 4.5" wide, but no 5.5" strips. That means I can cut pieces for the rest of the blocks from wider strips if I need to. I'm not about to add another strip drawer, so it looks like I will have to get the Accuquilt strip die and restock  the 1.5" drawer.  That's fine, it's good to add new prints to my blocks.

I was absolutely determined to finish a couple more blocks on my blue/green scrap quilt, which I did. 

I've used up all the scraps I had, so I have to decide whether to cut more for the 1.5" strips, or just let them accumulate over time. I think I'm too impatient to wait for more scraps, so I will be weeding out some bits in these colours so that I can make 4 more blocks. I still have no idea about the border, but I don't have to make a decision anytime soon. I love making these blocks, they are fun to do, so I can see me starting another one when I finish this. One with a pink or yellow background with bright scrap strips would look lovely. There really aren't enough hours in the day to work on all the good ideas for pretty quilts.