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I have hidden some toys in amongst the logs for this weeks mid week Log Cabin retreat.

I wonder how many toys are being wrapped up each day at the moment.

Love the design above.

At a Christmas lunch a few days ago the man next to me found a tiny little spinning top in a Christmas cracker. I had to test it out, and it worked beautifully. It just kept spinning, but it was way too small for a small child to be allowed to play with it, but it kept me and the gentleman amused for a few ...

Some Log Cabin quilts full of toys for those in the northern parts of the world.

I am starting to put the toys inside the Log Cabin blocks. Only doll so far, but I have learned that toys have to be twisted and turned inside the log framework.

The guards are on duty!

The dolls are in a spin!

My favourite from this selection is the last one.

Toy soldiers in formation, with the senior officer inspecting from the rear.

Now the senior officer is leading his men in a Christmas parade!

I love baby blocks as a quilter, and loved building with baby blocks a long time ago, then watching my children building and knocking them down … now love watching a new generation doing exactly the same thing.

Should have mixed up some balls with the blocks as a tower of blocks is a great target for a rolling ball.

Love an old fashioned collection of toys!

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week!

Time to think about toys for Christmas. We do not have grandchildren but some local family members do have young children, and are close enough to visit, so the toy box has been dusted off and placed in a prominent position.

I wonder if any of those children would recognise a spinning top if we had one? It would be fun showing them, and I suspect there may be a few other toys in our collection they won’t recognise.

I had to have black and brown dolls for some extended family when they were little … they wanted dolls to ...