Sunday was studio day. First, I took a look at possibilities for the log cabin quilt. To make the patterns whole, I would need 11 more blocks. I had enough pastel batiks I could pull from…

What I didn’t have was enough of the dark blue I used for the doors at the centre of each block. I would need eleven 2.5 inch squares, but I only had enough for eight. So that put paid to the idea of enlarging it. Instead, I’ll have to rearrange the blocks I have.

But that’s for another day, as I have to be in the right state of mind for top assembly. Instead, I turned to another WIP. Back in May, I made a block for a quilt just for me. I decided to pull it out again, and make another.

The pattern is Kitten in Cups by Sew Fresh Quilts. Her patterns are always fun to make… but they do have a lot of pieces!

In fact, the cutting is the most time consuming part. You do have to pay attention, but the block goes together surprisingly quick.

So now we have two kitties!

Once the second block was together, I decided I had enough time to cut all the pieces for two more. That way, when I have time to sew, I can just go straight to it instead of spending all that time cutting.

So the top two boxes have the pieces for one block each – the bottom box had all the extra fabrics (in case I mess up and have to cut more.

The boys are ready to add more kitties to this kaboodle!