Tiny Cabins

I suppose I could blame Tracey but I will accept responsibility for my own actions. Sometimes when I sit down with Electric Quilt and I really need to design something, my mind is blank. Other times, when I'm more or less just "doodling" with the software, I come up with pretty cool designs. Quilters Newsletter and Electric Quilt are having this "Do You EQ? Contest" and I had thought about trying to come up with something, then the thought kinda passed over and I didn't do anything. Then I decided to try to do the black star that had won third place in the Planet Patchwork contest. Then I looked at the design and decided there was no way I would have time to make it, along with my other obligations, before the June 16 deadline. But, then I kept doodling. I came up with a design that is quite a bit easier than the previous design and I started it this weekend. There are four 13" blocks that make up the center. They aren't hard but I don't do hard stuff so they weren't easy for me. They are paper pieced and I do so little paper piecing that it all seems backwards. I was so happy to get those four blocks finished tonight. Then I looked at the next step. Oh, my! What was I thinking? 9" blocks are small blocks for me. I need 72 - 4" finished log cabin blocks. Each log finishes at 1/2". I should be happy . . Tracey's loggies finish at 3-1/2" and each log is 3/8" so mine are bigger than hers and I'm betting she needs more than 72 blocks. I made two of them tonight and I think I'll save this for a spring break project. These things are going to take me forever! Tomorrow, I will go back to working on 12" blocks! Judy