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Interesting start to this week’s collection of Log Cabin quilt designs.

Different!

We went through Lochiel recently, and the sometimes pink lake was showing off it’s end of a dusty, dry summer colours … it just looked dry and dusty. Hopefully some rain will come soon and clean it up, and the pink will appear again.

I like the one above.

Interesting.

Love the last one for this week.

More Log Cabin quilt designs mid seek, next week.

Pretty in pink!

We actually drove through Lochiel today, and the lake was not pink … weather was overcast, and a bit dull! In fine weather the colour changes to various shades of pink in the right light.

Some unusual twists and turns in the second design, creating a very interesting design.

Unusual and interesting, and I like it.

Another interesting design, and I think I am repeating myself!

I have three favourites today … the 2nd, 3rd and 4th designs.

That’s all for this week’s Log Cabin retreat especially for quilters, but there will be more Log Cabin Quilt ...

I have not seen many pink Log Cabin quilts. Most seem to be much stronger colours, but I wanted to try designing some with pretty fabrics when I started this project file.

The name followed naturally as there is a tiny town in Australia next to a salt lake which is often without water, but when it does have water the lake is pink. The town is Lochiel, and the name led to some young farmers making a monster from old tyres. Unfortunately, the monster lost it’s head due to vandals, and now there is a more permanent metal ...

Interesting design.

Same layout, same fabrics but different blocks.

Log Cabin quilts in old favourite layouts with good use of colour and contrast always catch my eye, but with the same care in choosing fabrics and mixing up the blocks you can create totally new designs.

The one above is very interesting.

The one above is almost a very common layout of 64 identical blocks, but it creates a different look with 16 blocks turned inside out.

That is all for this week, but mid week, next week there will be another selection of Log Cabin quilt designs to challenge ...

I have rarely seen a Log Cabin Quilt in pretty pink, but this project file is proof that it works.

Of course, the designs would work in other colours, but sometimes I like to break the mold.

The design above is very interesting … I like it!

Another very interesting design!

The last one is neat and tidy …

… but my favourite is the very interesting design on the left of the bottom row. More Log Cabin deigns mid week, next week to browse through during a short retreat from the world around us.

Not sure that i like pretty in pink Log Cabin designs, but any Log Cabin can be made in any combination of colours you desire. On the day I was playing with the colouring in these blocks I was in a pink mood!

White arrows pointing out from the centre going up and down, pink ones side to side, though the direction would vary depending on the way the quilt was on the bed.

In teh one above one corner is not like the other corners … must have been designed ...

We have spent a very quiet Christmas, but a quiet coffee break to concentrate for a few minutes sounds rather nice.

I have only occasionally seen pretty colours used in Log Cabin quilts, but they can look very pretty!

The outer two rows are almost identical, but the centre has changed a lot in the second design.

Wow! Would be lovely in many colour combinations.

Nice …

… but by changing just four blocks I like it much more!

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

I decided to try some Log Cabin quilt designs in shades of pink because I have rarely seen pink Log Cabin quilts … or pink logs to build real cabins either.

Pink is not my favourite colour, but it always looks pretty and feminine.

In the three designs so far the small changes are making small improvements to the designs.

I am liking the designs more with each change so far.

The last design for today has a big change, and I like it a lot.

That is all for this week … more Log Cabin quilt designs next week, mid week.

Pretty colours, which are not very often used for Log Cabin designs.

Today’s designs are very similar, with minor changes to each one.

Three up, and two to go, and I like them all, but will there be a favourite in the last two?

I like the darker centre in the fourth one.

No, I can’t pick a favourite from this lot … how about you?

Maybe I will find a favourite next week, mid week, when I will share another five Log Cabin quilt designs.

My favourite traditional Log Cabin quilt design, and a great place to start making a few changes.

First up, I changed the outside light coloured pieces to dark.

The next logical step would have been to make the two inside light pieces dark, but I skipped that step, and started adding two light strips to the dark side.

I like the last one … but will keep playing!

This series uses a lot of different Log Cabin block colour variations of the basic Log Cabin block … see how many variations you can pick amongst each of the designs.

The series title represents of of many salt lakes in the southern portion of Australia, some of which are pink … a result of the salt and the local soil. Some of those lakes have been named Pink Lake, but Locheil, which now has a small town attached to it, was named by someone with links to Scottish lakes.

I usually mix up designs in a project file so the designs ...

New project file, starting with two versions of my favourite Log Cabin design, the first starting with a light centre, …

… the second with the blocks turned around 180 degrees to make a dark centre.

I have added a collection of Log Cabin variations to the project file, and a variety of colour placements within each of those blocks … almost too many to be able to make up my mind which one to use each time I want to make a change.

That means I will have to make a lot of changes just to see what happens.

However, the first ...