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Interesting!

Setting blocks on point makes the quilt bigger though you have to include some fillers around the edges.

Using some half of some blocks can add some interesting options!

New project, new blocks!

The blocks can be constructed using small squares of fabrics and some half square triangles, or pieces which combine the squares and triangles into larger squares and assorted shapes combining the squares and triangles. Note that there is a small sashing separating the blocks.

Much more colourful than the windmills being erected all over the place!

The virtual quilting in the design above I would do with a contrast thread, and in the spaces that look like they are not quilted, I would use similar quilting but in a thread to match the background.

I love both the designs today but I think the second one wins my popularity contest.

The first design is neat and tidy, but it might work on a tiled floor but not quite right for a bed.

Turn eight blocks around and it becomes a big star.

Back to the first design, but with four blocks moved out towards the corners.

Now they are all the way to the corners.

The final design for today has the four dark blocks from the centre moved towards the corners, and it is my favourite for the day.

That is all for this week’s mid week collection of Log Cabin designs, but there will be more next ...

There are some very interesting designs in this project file!

I have included most of the Log Cabin blocks I have in my collection, and added an interesting colour combination.

I like the one above! But wait … there are a couple more to go for this weeks mid week just for quilters.

WOW!

There are a lot of possibilities when you start playing with even pretty basic Log Cabin variations!

That is all for this week’s mid week quilters short break from the mad world around us … more mid week, next week.

A project file which has been in hiding with many others for quite a few years, with some simple but unusual designs using a lot of whole squares and some squares made with half square triangles.

Some of the squares can have a little bit of applique, or perhaps embroidery motifs on them.

The stars have been modified in the second design, and the applique is on a larger square.

Interesting design to start today’s Log Cabin retreat … first of five Log Cabin quilt variations to look at.

An interesting variation of the first design, almost the same and with the colours swapped. I like the colour change.

In the design above the two rows of blocks in the centre, both vertically and horizontal, are the same but the corners have been changes.

I like the change, but what does it look like with the colours reversed?

I should have left them as they were!

My favourite of this mid week’s collection of Log Cabin designs is the ...

Interesting design to start the day!

The send design is much more interesting, especially the centre bit.

I love the one above!

Neat and tidy and would look great on a bed in just about any colour combination. Remember that the trick with getting good results with any of the Log Cabin variations is to get the contrast right.

Interesting design to finish this weeks collection of Log Cabin designs.

That is all for this week’s Log Cabin retreat, but there will be more next week.

Very interesting design!

I like the swirling stars! Or are they windmills?

Could have called this project file Field of Green, though considering that all the blocks are stars it should have been bright white and yellow in colour.

Lots of stars, and all on the same background star.

Love the first design for today!

If I was making though I would add a little insert inside the row of lattice blocks around the outside.

I like the second design, but nowhere near as much as the first one.

Filled a bin with green waste yesterday, but the back yard still looks lovely and green. Unfortunately most of the green is still weeds.

These blocks would be a bit more fiddly to make than the usual Log Cabin blocks, but the fabrics could be cut into strips and joined together and then cut into narrow strips to fir the blocks.

I think I should add more colours to the designs … one day when I have nothing to do and expect no interruptions! It probably wouldn’t work as when I don’t expect interruptions I get lots.

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Interesting design, pretty colours.

Are those crowns in the corners in the design above? Or birds without heads?

Another interesting one.

The one above is a slight alteration of the one above it! Less interesting, but I like it more.

The last design for this week’s mid week retreat (or coffee break) looks like an exploding star. It would be interesting to make with fading blocks around the centre star.

That is all for this week, but there will be another mid week Log Cabin retreat next week.

Baby Blocks become the stars in this project file!

The diamond shapes can be pieced separately in two pieces, which deleted some set in corners in some places in the design above, but not all of them.

There are so many ways to arrange the baby blocks … so little time to play with them to find more of the ways!

I like to see stars in a dark sky, which means I also like using dark backgrounds around stars in quilts.

Wow, a spinning star! Well, the centre bit is spinning.

More Log Cabin designs mid week next week.

Using less logs around the centre square saves a lot of time in making a block, and it makes a big difference to the design. I thought it might make the overall design less effective,, but now I think it looks more effective.

I love the design above … and the one below!

Not a big difference between the two, but effective.

The one above is very interesting

The last one is also very interesting, and below is the group photo of today’s designs.

There will be more Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Interesting design, pretty fabric choices.

I love the second design … totally different to anything I have ever seen anywhere.

It continues to amaze me that very basic pieced 9 Patch blocks can be mixed and matched in both straight and on point settings to create a huge variety of interesting designs in just two fabrics. If one the blocks is made in a lighter or darker shade, or any other colour a whole different look would be created.

One day I think I will start mixing colours and contrast to these designs … that is if I get bored playing with applique designs.

I love the centre of the first design for today.

Love all of the second design … the darker background makes the centre stand out much more.

Linked by Stars could be an alternative name for this project file.

Four extra dark shapes added to the first design makes more of a difference than I thought it would.

From black and white over the last week, to red and white for today, but today only.

The one above is interesting … but I think I might add some more white for a future post.

I have also corrected a mistake for the future!

I like the one above the way it is!

The one above is interesting.

That is all for this weeks mini retreat, or perhaps I should call it a mid week coffee break.

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.