inside the logs

Inside the logs are appliques and quilting motifs based on those appliques.

Some of the appliques are on plain blocks, some are on light coloured Log Cabin blocks.

Love the one above!

What about a bit of contrast in the background? I like it.

I like the last one … more contrasting background, not a lot of piecing as I don’t enjoy piecing much, and lots of places for quilting without seams!

That’s all the Log Cabin designs for this week’s five minute retreat for quilters, but there will be more next week, mid week!

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I could not resist playing with the combination of Log Cabin border around applique blocks after seeing the possibility yesterday while picking designs for the mid week Log Cabin retreat.

So today here is an extra opportunity to have a short break, but only the walls are up in these Log Cabin designs.

In the first one the corners of the border looked a bit blunt, so introduced Courthouse Steps for the corners.

What if I change the colour of some of the background blocks? That could work.

This new project file has opened up a whole new lot of ...

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