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Mixing pieced with applique is interesting … though I don’t think I will ever try doing it, unless I make a really boring Log Cabin quilt top, and add some applique to brighten it up.

I like the design above …

… and love the next one.

The fourth one is nice, and leaves room for some quilting playtime.

The last one makes more use of the Log Cabin blocks with the darker contrast in use.

More Log Cabin designs mid week next week.

Colour are not wonderfully inspiring, though the florals are nice, but the idea is interesting.

Might have to try all green for the pieced parts of the designs.

Rather a restful colour combination in this project file.

In most of the designs in the Irish Gardener project files I have used applique motifs over the pieced background rather then just applique blocks mixed in with the Irish Chain blocks, but the design above has applique blocks with plain backgrounds … not as effective done this way.

I have had a lot of fun using traditional quilt blocks in ways that are not traditional, including Irish Chains.

Love both these designs, but I think there are a lot of applique blocks which would work better than those I am using in this project file.

My attempt at designing modern quilts … and the one above works for me.

Don’t now if the second design above fits the modern criteria or not, but I love it!

Interesting but a bit tangled up!

Almost the same design, with some extra applique in the border, and the colours have been stirred a bit!

I think pink, purple and green are my favourite colour combination!

Simple, but I love it … and would love it more in reality after it was quilted!

Very pretty, and in my Mum’s favourite colours. I had to ask Mum what her favourite colour was when I was going to make them a quilt, and I had never noticed a preference in what colours she wore or what colours she used to decorate the house, but pretty much all the colours she used work well with purple.

Still pretty, although a little less space for quilting to be a feature.

Looks old even though I played with the designs in this project file this morning, and added about five new designs, including the two I am sharing today.

The second one doesn’t look near as old as the first design even of it is only a few minutes newer than the first!

Would be a nice topper on your bed on a cold night … how I wish we could have one of those tonight!

Very interesting layout!

The first design could be made as just a Log Cabin quilt, but with a lot of washed out colours in the light part of the Courthouse Steps blocks and a lot of all light blocks it makes a great background for some applique.

The second design would work with plain background applique blocks surrounded by all dark Log Cabin blocks.

I love the design above … most of the Log blocks are Courthouse Steps, with four Curved Logs in the corners.

Looks like a secret garden hidden behind some shrubs.

In the last one the garden is not so hidden ...

Very dark, but very interesting.

I wonder if these designs would be as interesting if they faded a lot.

Even darker, but I like it!

I decided I should start mixing up more pieced blocks with applique blocks.

The first design in this project file is all pieced blocks with some applique on four of them. Doesn’t need a lot of applique to make an impression!

In the second design the blocks are either pieced or applique, and now there is some quilting lines.

Very interesting.

Another very interesting design. Very different too.

Pieced blocks for the background spaces, with Bottlebrush designs on plain blocks … I like it.

I like the first design, but the second one is my favourite today.

Interesting mix of pieced and applique blocks in the first design for today.

The second looks like a plan for a neat and tidy formal garden.

The colours used in this series reflects the colours of autumn in central Australia. So far summer has been hot and humid, but after a few days of hot, we are having a couple of days of autumn, no rain over most of the country, but cool breezes and partly cloudy.

My favourite today is the first one, though the second one is rather interesting.

Love the first design.

Would love the second one too, but I made a mistake. Can you pick it?

Thank goodness in Electric Quilt I don’t have to use a quick-un-pick to undo the mistake, but will leave this one there to remind me that I should always check before selecting designs to use as a virtual quilt.

I think I can call this one impressive … it would attract my attention in any quilt exhibition.

I think it is the colour combination which stands out for me.

I started tis project file when I was asked to show how I played my favourite game …

… virtual quilt designing.

I have had Electric Quilt since EQ5, and it is now EQ8, and love it. I started this blog simply to encourage others to keep asking themselves the question I ask myself … “What if …?”

What id I change the background colour, just a little bit or a lot? I prefer the little bits I changed for the first one. I also love the butterfly.