Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Paducah Log Cabin

Last week I ditched all my plans and at the last minute decided I wanted to try and get a full-size quilt finished before Jeff left for California this week.
If I had chosen a different pattern, I probably could have managed it, but not with this one. I forgot how long these Judy Martin log cabin quilt patterns take. I have done little else since last Friday, and I still haven't finished assembling the central blocks (though I am close). There is so much cutting and ironing involved.

I've been making all the blocks in assembly-line fashion where you build them all at once and I am close to the end but I ran out of one of the sizes of strips so I need to do another round of cutting before I can continue on. 

This evening I felt the need to continue ahead for one batch of blocks so I could put them up on the design wall and see how they look. I like it.
Since I've gotten distracted with this project, I think I'll go ahead and make it my One Monthly Goal for October. I would like to get it completely finished (quilted and bound) so we can ship it to Jeff's mother as a belated birthday gift.

As for last week's Tuesday ToDo list, I finished binding all three quilts on there. I had hoped to do a post showing photos of all the finished quilts last Friday, but then I got distracted by this project. Blogging gets sidelined when I'm obsessing about projects.

For the coming week, I'll be working on this project until it is finished. I am on a mission to get it done.

I'm linking up with Design Wall Monday and Tuesday ToDo.

10 comments:

  1. These Judy Martin quilts do take a long time but they're always beautiful! Have a great sewing week!

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    1. Thanks Gretchen. Her patterns are quite a lot of work, but always worth it, in my opinion.

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  2. that's a great pattern and love the colors, Purdue colors!

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    1. Thanks. I love Judy's log cabin patterns. I'm making it blue because that is my mother-in-law's favorite color and her walls are pale yellow.

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  3. Your blocks look beautiful! I love Judy Martin's patterns too.

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  4. That looks complicated, but beautiful! Looks to be a good OMG!

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  5. Very pretty! Going to be a beautiful quilt. You will be so happy and proud when completed. I too get to working on a project and until I am finished I do a post. Sometimes, like the blue quilt, I post when I finish a border. Sometimes, I just like to post on what I am working on. Have a great week-end!

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  6. I like this pattern. Looks great. I will have to check ou Judy Martin’s patterns.

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    1. I'm a fan of her patterns. This is my third in about two years.

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