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Third day in a row with almost monotone designs. I love finding fabrics which feature one dominant colour, but with lots of variation in the designs and the way the variations are mixed, with the most obvious variation between those fabrics and the background.

My favourite for the day is the first one, but the second one is rather interesting too.

Always pretty in pink!

Hard to pick a favourite … maybe the second one … maybe not.

There are literally thousands of ways to arrange the two shapes of Drunkards Path block. A lot of them are not symmetrical blocks, but there are hundreds that are symmetrical.

I love the second of these two designs.

Fairly old project, but with lots of designs in reserve. 

I like the second one … best for to                day!

The third is interesting. 

          So is the next one!

The last one needs some colour in those circles … perhaps some applique. 

Found a hidden file and thought it was about time it was dusted off.

Wow! I don’t use dark backgrounds very often, but I rather like these, so should do it more often!

This project brings back memories of scribbling block designs on scraps of paper.

They look much better all neat and tidy and in full colour!

All light, all dark, and some half dark/half light.

Mix them up and see what happens.

I like the middle one!

The next one is interesting ….

… as they all are.

More Log Cabin designs next week, mid week.

Irish Chain in green ….

…. Happy St Patrick’s Day

Alpine Cross is a block I would not choose to use in a real quilt, but I challenged myself to at least give it a go.

The Alpine Cross features in the first design, but the modifications took over in the second design.

I like blocks which are symmetrical, and I can see a different challenge to tackle in the future … playing with 5P blocks to see just how many symmetrical variations I can find.

All the blocks are the same in these designs, but the placement of colour makes some very different looking stars.

I often wonder why so many star designs are made up with a light background. The stars in the sky show up much better in a dark sky.

Yesterday’s virtual quilts were a reminder of what summer has brought to parts of Australia this year. Today’s designs are the colour we hope to see around us in the not too distant future.

The star blocks are basic, but fiddly, piecing, and I like the faded blocks which add depth to the designs.

I design  all my quilts with 12 inch blocks in mind, but they can be made bigger or smaller, though with the details in these designs I would stick with 12 inch or larger blocks.

Every time we head out of town I see what we call whirlwinds … like a tiny tornado gathering up brown dust from one paddock to drop in a different paddock.

Thank goodness they do not appear in large groups as the ones in this series of designs, and these are also in prettier colours … and with no dust!

Lots of room for quilting in the first design today!

 Formerly known as South Aussie to Tassie, but I didn’t like the name.

Finding a name I like for a collection of blocks or a project series is often harder than the designing part of the process.

I love playing with basic blocks to see what happens when I want it to go in a border, and added a couple more border block variations after I did the first design shown today. 

Something for me to play with in the future.

Another week has flown by, so time to take a break and study some Log Cabin Quilt designs.

The first is OK, the second one is better.

Sixty half light, half dark Log Cabin blocks, four all ark logs in all but one of these designs.

My favourite for the day is the one with all traditional  light and dark blocks.

I wonder  how these would look in a mixed colour scheme … something to fill in time one day.

More Log Cabin Quilt designs mid week, next week.
 

Need a touch of green outside, but will settle for some inside for now.

Love the second design!

Welcome to another mid week retreat from the madding world, exclusively for quilters.

I like the design above, but I have just added two variations to the collection waiting for their day in the blog. Not that I am running out of virtual designs to share as there are still about 20 left in this project file.

Another interesting design!

Another one I like, but I am going to try making a change to add another one to the file.

I wonder how many times I have saved the same design … I find the odd one occasionally, but there could ...

WOW!!!  Love the first design.

The colours could be a bit brighter, but the contrast is spot on, and the quilting design works well. though the quilting could use a little more detail.

The second design looks unfinished without the applique border  in the first design, and the quilting could use a little more detail.

Interesting mix of pieces … could be even more interesting if there were more variety of colours.

The colours can also be rearranged several different ways within the blocks.

I like the second design.

A couple of slight modifications makes an interesting change. I like it too.

My favourite for today is number four!

That is all for today  … more Log Cabin variations next week, mid week.

I always find it interesting to see all the designs up close.

Yesterday I decided I should start a new project. I opened  the Aussie bird project file first, and picked  the magpies … my favourite birds which have a beautiful voice for singing, can be friendly, but not when they are protecting their youngsters.

I then looked for some pieced blocks, and first picked one of my first scribbled blocks from 40 years ago, but  looked for something a bit more intricate and tried  Crystal Brook Stars collection.  I wanted some flowers, and Aussie Bottle Brush was the first file I opened and  added them to the new project.

I then started ...

I want to add lots of quilting motifs to this project file, but am finding that less is better.

I haven’t got the right colour thread either … though most times I would use a colour which blends in to the background, but  try to use more contrast on virtual quilts.