Category: Blocks

Over the weekend I finished up a few more of my Into the Wind blocks.  I love the kind of water color effect the colors have.  Rather dreamy, with a touch of that red every now and then. I have two more full blocks to make, and then scads of partial blocks.  the whole thing […]

Six blocks completed for Into the Wind, a Miss Rosie pattern I am making with Larkspur by 3 Sisters.  Thirteen more of these full blocks to make, and then about as many partial blocks, plus some in-between blocks.  This is a quilt with a lot of piecing.  I wasn't sure how I would like these […]

This is the Log Cabin quilt layout that Sara has chosen for her quilt.  #6, Four Squares.  The first person to correctly guess what Sara's choice was is Cathy Burk.  Cathy, send me your address and I will mail out your giveaway prize.  I decided to giveaway a second prize to the next person to […]

So, today I will post photos of the nine quilt layouts I experimented with for Sara's Log Cabin quilt.  I would love it if you all would vote on your best guess as to which layout Sara should choose for her quilt.  On Friday, I will post the name of the person who first chimed in […]

Snail's Trail #7.  I thought I was going to like this layout the best, but I am not sure.  I had high hopes for it being graphic and contemporary.   Radiating Star #8.  I must have some blocks turned the wrong way.  This layout looks like a big mess to me.  I get nothin'. Framed […]

Here is Log Cabin Layout #6.  I think it is pretty cool.  But then, I tend to like any layout where I don't have a block turned the wrong way.  And I swear I cannot tell by just looking at the blocks.  I have to take a photo and study that to find the wrong […]

I think this layout #4 is called Straight Furrows.  The dark blocks arranged this way form a strong diagonal pattern, contrasting with the lights. I do like the symmetry of layout #5.  This one may be called Barn Raising, and is a very popular choice for Log Cabin quilts.  Good grief, this took forever for […]

Now that my 64 Log Cabin Blocks are finished, I have been playing around with some various  layouts.  The first one pictured above is how I have been arranging them up on the design wall as they were sewn.  I was making the blocks four at a time, and laying them out this way helped […]

I've been playing around a bit with possible setting layouts for the Log Cabin blocks I have been making for Sara's quilt.  At the moment, I like this idea, but may change my mind once I get a few more blocks made and can get an idea of the effect more blocks can have when […]