A Little Sewing Progress

I have a few works in progress that have been occupying my time this week. The Naperville Modern Quilt Guild is currently doing a "log cabin challenge", due at the end of March. All the quilts have to be 36" x 36" finished and use log cabins in some way. I was throwing a few idea around in my head, but in the end decided to make white log cabins with pops of color throughout them. I had a vision in my mind....they probably won't be ALL white in the end. But I'll wait to share the finished quilt in a couple weeks.

And if you are on Instagram, you probably know about my very, very sad moment with one of these blocks. The biggest one. (of course!) When I started sewing, I pulled some whites out of my scrap bin, before I continued to sew the block with white yardage off a bolt. Horrible idea!

Mistake block, before it got bigger

I brought my block down into natural light yesterday and discovered there are 4 logs in the center that don't match the rest of the blocks. I think the scrap bin white was a Free Spirit White and the yardage is Moda Bella Solid White. And although many on Instagram suggested I leave it or work some other whites into the blocks, it wasn't in my vision, so I'm going to attempt to rip it out. And if that doesn't work, I'm just going to remake the whole thing. You'll probably hear me crying all the way from my sewing room to yours!

I've also been working on my special-quilt-gift-project. Remember this stack of fabric? They've been cut and are in the middle of piecing.

Someone guessed correctly that I'm making Arkansas Traveler blocks.

I'll leave the final layout as a surprise! Ok, now off to shovel the driveway for the 4th time in less than 24 hours. Please someone tell me Spring is coming soon!