Oh, how relieved I am to read others' experiences with the log cabin. It looked so easy to me. My quilt guild board decided that we would each make 12 of the floral log cabin blocks that someone on here shared with us a few weeks ago. I fell in love with that quilt and had shared the pictures with my friends. So, when they said we would each make 12 blocks to exchange with each other, I was excited. Ha! I went to a quilt retreat two weeks ago determined to get my first attempt at 12 log cabin blocks made. I sewed, unsewed, resewed and unsewed again. Thank goodness there was a log cabin princess there to help me figure out what it was I had done wrong. I think I finally have it now, but that "easiest of all log cabin blocks" you guys are talking about was not that easy to get into my brain. I was so frustrated!!! And, yes when I get really upset, I do cuss, fuss and throw right into a box, putting it away until I feel better about working on it again. Don't give up, they're really pretty when you finally get the hang of it!!