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Interesting!

Very interesting! I think I like it.

Interesting …

… but more interesting to see what happens if the centre is modified …

… then modified again.

I like the last of the modifications.

Love the one above …

… and like the last one for this weeks mid week Log Cabin retreat.

And while you are taking time out from whatever you should be doing, here is something else to look at.

Toledo Museum of Art Virtual Quilt Exhibition

On the whole I think I like straight sets over on point most of the time, but I still love playing with on point settings.

It is worth it when you find designs like the one above!

Today’s designs look rather old fashioned, but they also look warm and comfortable.

The blocks are from the Electric Quilt block library, but with some modifications.

I am sometimes surprised that I have spent so much time making quilts that I like the look of to put on a bed, and then we spend most of the time in the bedroom in the dark with eyes closed. However, I love seeing a crumpled quilt on a bed which has kept somebody warm and comfortable overnight, and enjoy making the bed a lot more if there is a real quilt ...

Interesting.

Love the second one!

This project file uses the Serendipity tool in Electric Quilt. Playing with this tool can be very addictive, but a lot of fun, with some very interesting results.

The block I started with for this series of designs is the one I used in the borders.

I love the second one today.

Pretty and dainty.

Like it!

Very neat … I like it.

By the way, the EQ prefix in the title indicates that this project file started with a block from the Electric Quilt Block Library. Modifying blocks from the library is a great way to practice using the block drawing tools in Electric Quilt.

I like the second one too.

Sadly this is the last design in this project file, and it is now retired, though it may reappear one day with new colours, and maybe some more variations of the Mexican Rose block.

I like it!

It is not very often I use a lighter fabric in the border than the dominant fabric of the blocks in the centre.

I like it!

I like this one more!

I have been spending many hours in my real garden, and there are some weeds growing like crazy, but not many anymore!

Meanwhile the virtual weeds look as though they have been growing like crazy, getting a little bit overgrown.

Looks like the weeds have thinned out a bit, and I like the thinned out view better!

The blocks in this project file were just a low inspiration play time in Electric Quilt, but the ‘weeds’ might also be desirable grassy clumps amongst floral blocks in a future new project. They could also be fillers in floral arrangements. Pity life ...

Love the first design.

The star at the centre of the first design becomes the quilting motif for an almost whole cloth design.

Three blocks combined, all constructed exactly the same way, with all dark, all light and half light, half dark.

The colours I have used are not particularly attractive but I was concentrating on finding how many ways I could mix up those three blocks in overall designs.

I have found many times that if the contrast is right, I will admire quilts made with any combination of colours.

Even scraps can be sorted into light, medium and dark so that they make a nice design into a stunning quilt.

The advice I would give if sorting for Log Cabin blocks ...

Love it!

The original block from the Electric Quilt block library used in these designs has been heavily modified, and converted to quilting motifs.

But love this one too … and I cannot pick a favourite.

The only change is the background colour and I would choose between the two based on what bedroom they were going to be used in. However, I made the quilt for our bed for a totally different bedroom from the one we had when I started making it, and the three or four it has been in since!

Love the last one too!

Love it!

Love this one too!

Nice one!

Interesting.

Saved the best till last … in my humble opinion anyway!

Edit When you have something to show after having fun, you can now share your results in Virtual Quilt Challenges, a closed Face Book group for members only. You will have to answer three questions so I can decide if you can join.

After many years, and thousands of blocks, My Library in Electric Quilt is a mess. I have made a New Year resolution to sort it all out. I have made several attempts over the last few years, but often finish up more confused than I was before, so I hope to get some order into the chaos ...

I like it!

The blocks in this project file are straight out of the Electric Quilt Block library.

I prefer my Christmas decor to be clear and bright red, white and green, but would accept that is was once much righter, but has been loved and used, and so washed, many times and has faded.

The second design for the day lacks some quilting!

So, two things to work on for next Christmas. Add some quilting to this project, and start a new project for those who like a blue and white Christmas.