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Not too sure the best way to put the blocks together, but my first try would be paper piecing, perhaps some very intricate cutting and putting the logs together before starting building the blocks.

Adding redrafted Curved Log Cabin blocks allows some very different and interesting designs!

There are a multitude of ways of arranging the leaf blocks without adding the Curved Log Cabin variations.

I have just added three variations of the design for future reference, but I like it as it is above.

Not many leaves in the last design for this Log Cabin retreat. I think I ...

I am not happy with the light side of the blocks, or both sides if they are light blocks, but the results are interesting overall. I recently tried to get a good variety of real black and white fabrics, and went to three shops and still did not get a great mixture.

I like the design above but …

… next one above is better!

Very different!

The last one for this week is very different.

That is all for this weeks quilters Log Cabin Retreat … interesting, but not as much fun as the real retreat I went to last week! No ...

Impressive.

Oops! Can you pick the mistake?

I like the design above.

Another impressive design.

I like all of these designs, and despite not liking blue, I like the colouring.

Perhaps it is the purple patches.

That is all the Log Cabin designs for this week, but there will be more mid week, next week.

A very interesting start to todays collection of Log Cabin quilts using modified colour placement in many of the blocks.

The second is not as striking as the first design, but interesting.

The design above is probably my favourite for this week’s Log Cabin retreat …

… or maybe the next one!

I like the last one … it looks like a layout designed by a group of quilters who are listening to dance music as they try to work out how to place the blocks.

It would be interesting to use these designs using Log Cabin blocks but using the same ...

Middle of another week already!

Interesting design to start with, but I have to admit not one I would consider making, but there are plenty of choices. There are over 270 quilt designs in this project file, all using just two different blocks, and I don’t think I have included the more basic layouts!

The second design would look ok with regular Log Cabin blocks, and I like the Thick and Thin version too.

I like the one above!

This one uses the alternative colourway of the Thick and Thin Log Cabin block, using the same layout as the ...

I like the first Log Cabin design this week, simple by eye catching.

The second one has a star in the middle too, but different to the first one.

The third is rather neat and tidy, and I like it a lot.

Turning four blocks around makes a big difference. I like it better than the last one.

Seeing a star again to finish today’s selection of Log Cabin quilt designs.

All of the designs in this project file can be made with the same blocks … with identical fabrics in all, or well sorted scraps, and just keep playing ...

Looks like the square in the centre is doing a somersault!

I love the design above, but if I ever make it I would fill in the corners a little bit.

The third design for today made me think of the pair of pipelines which pass not too far from the Bundaleer Reservoir which shares a name with the forest I was thinking of when I named this project file.

I was having fun when I was playing with the designs in this project file, and the design above is the result of one of the most enjoyable moments.

By ...

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 ...

A bit different to the average Log Cabin Quilt!

I like the one above … once again, very different!

Middle one for this week, and it is about the most ordinary of the five.

I have just had an idea … what if I the Drunkards Path template was enlarged and pieced along with some plain squares, and arranged in some of these designs? Perhaps it could be a great way to use large floral fabrics.

Finishing this week’s collection of Log Cabin designs is one more very different arrangement.

That is all for this week, more Log Cabin designs to ...

The first design makes me think of a spider web. Interesting.

The design above is interesting too.

I like the design above!

Another interesting design.

I like the last for this week too!

I love going to a quilt exhibition and seeing Log Cabin quilts, but am disappointed that almost all of them are replicas of age old designs … nothing new. My favourite Log Cabin designs include some of those age old designs, but I would love to see new designs too … some of them could added to my favourites.

New project file started because I had over 500 designs in one. I saved about 100 in each of five project files and changed the colour combinations in each one.

A bit dark for me, but interesting design.

Like the design above.

There is an interesting effect on the computer screen of the five designs I have saved for today’s mid week retreat, where they are postage stamp size images ready to select to add to the post … the designs appear to by purple!

Perhaps I need another coffee, or maybe I have had more than enough already. Or ...

Make lots of identical Log Cabin blocks and arrange them as desired!

Then turn them all 180 degrees to turn the design inside out. Makes quite a difference!

Make a few modifications to the first design.

Looks totally different!

In the final design the blocks as laid out in the design above were turned 90 degrees.

Any collection of identical Log Cabin blocks can be arranged in dozens of different ways in 4 x 4, 6 x 6, 8 x 8, 10 x 10 or 12 x 12. A row or two removed from each side of the layouts creates ...

Love the first design which is from a project file which started when I decided one file was too big and I broke it up into five or six files with about a hundred designs in each.

Interesting!

I like the way the crosses are arranged in a circle.

All but four are identical Chimneys and Cornerstone blocks.

The last design for today would look good if the light and dark were swapped.

That is all for this week’s Log Cabin retreat. hope you enjoyed a coffee while browsing through the designs. More mid week, next week.

Not the prettiest colours but they serve the purpose of showing the designs clearly.

Any basic Log Cabin block instructions to make the blocks. I have used four strips on each side of the centre square which is cut the same width as the surrounding strips. If the strips are cut 1.5 inches wide the blocks will finish at 9 inches finished, 2 inch wide strips finish as a 12 inch block.

If you make a pile of Log Cabin blocks, play with them by laying them out on a bed or the floor or pin them to a ...

Time to sit back and relax. Still leftovers from Christmas to eat our way through, no scheduled visitors, no planned visits to see anyone, or anything. Still weeds in the garden to dispose of, and more growing after rain, though there maybe still rain around, so maybe some weeding, or just chilling out!

I love the second design for today, the last mid week quilters retreat for 2023.

Also love the third design!

The one above is interesting.

The last one for this week is very interesting!

That is all for this week, and this year, but there will be ...

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 ...

In this project file applique blocks are framed with 3 rows of logs.

The small applique blocks could be replaced with embroidered blocks.

I would like the two designs above a lot more with more variety in the applique, but love the frame around each applique in the one directly above.

Small friendship blocks could be made into a large quilt if they are framed with three or four logs.

hat is all for this weeks Log Cabin Retreat, but there will be more Log Cabin designs mid week, 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 ...

In a couple of the gardens I have had there were a few logs laying around marking borders of the flower beds, so I thought i should try some virtual fabric logs amongst my Log Cabin quilt designs.

Perhaps this is the layout for a garden which goes all around the house.

Plying with shades of green, and the dark is a shady part, the light the lawn in the sun, and the rest is flower beds. Needs more colour perhaps, but it is a plan.

Now there are some shady parts all around the house.

The centre four blocks ...

In a new project file I coloured some Log Cabin blocks in rather subdued colours, then added some blocks from one of my Floral Cross collection of applique blocks.

I have fallen in love with this idea, and started several projects in different colourways, but I think this is going to be the favourite one.

My two favourite pastimes are combined in these designs … sewing, particularly quilts, and gardening.

No fabric is damaged and my hands don’t get dirty mixing the two hobbies in this way, and most importantly the dirty hands don’t come in contact with the ...