The ten half-log cabin blocks are now complete …

and arranged in what may or may not be their final order …

For the record (because this blog is about process as much as product), here’s how I’m anchoring my starting points these days: a tiny knot in the seam followed by a tiny backstitch to hold it in place …

And I’ve pretty much given up on ironing my seams before stitching them together. I just tear the cloth, use my fingernail to turn down a seam allowance, stitch the edges together (10 stitches per inch with a single strand of DMC floss), trim the excess, and repeat …

I love how the cloth lays flat when stitched this way, which was inspired by Jude’s paperless piecing technique.

And if the eagle-eyed among you noticed a discrepancy in the order of the piecing, well yes, I did get myself turned around and had to undo a bit …

So now I’m off to make nine-patches out of the cloth bits along the path …