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This is a way to use up a heap of dull fabrics … make a Log Cabin quilt, then add applique.

Make variations of the Log Cabin blocks for a very interesting background.

They can be any size or shape you like, or it may depend on how big the fabric stash is.

My real garden looks a bit like this at the moment … bare dirt with a few plants scattered around.

Unfortunately, some of those bare patches will soon be growing weeds. Thankfully, no weeds will grow on any patches of these designs.

That is all for today, but there ...

Colours are not real inspiring, but I got carried away playing with some basic Log Cabin blocks, some all dark, some all light, but the largest part of most, but not all designs, are the traditional half light and half dark.

I like the design above.

Interesting!

Also interesting!

The centre is different, but the rest is the same as the second design above.

If you see a Log Cabin quilt design you like, make the blocks, then try twisting them around a bit to see what happens.

That is all for this week, but there will be more Log ...

Fairly old project, but with lots of designs in reserve. 

I like the second one … best for to                day!

The third is interesting. 

          So is the next one!

The last one needs some colour in those circles … perhaps some applique. 

Another week has flown by, so time to take a break and study some Log Cabin Quilt designs.

The first is OK, the second one is better.

Sixty half light, half dark Log Cabin blocks, four all ark logs in all but one of these designs.

My favourite for the day is the one with all traditional  light and dark blocks.

I wonder  how these would look in a mixed colour scheme … something to fill in time one day.

More Log Cabin Quilt designs mid week, next week.
 

Time to retreat from the mad world for a few minutes to inspect  some Log Cabin quilt designs.

I love the first two designs, but  my favourite for today is not included in those two.

Not too sure what to think of the diagonal design of the third. one.

Number four is my favourite … a combination of rings and diamonds!

I also like the last one for this week’s retreat, but there will be more mid week, next week.

All designs use  36 identical blocks, and there are still heaps in the project file for later on.
 

A very interesting design in one of my favourite colours.

I have been dressmaking over the last few weeks, making up clothes which have been cut out and waiting for further attention for about 18 months, and this colouring featured in several items.

Another very interesting design! It is going to be hard to pick a favourite today!

The one above could be made much smaller by simply leaving out the outer row of all light blocks.

The next one is something a bit more modern …

… it might fit in a modern art exhibition, but not really anywhere near my ...

Looks interesting and a bit weird!

A neat and tidy design, but one which looks as though I could have some fun playing with it!

I like the one above …

… and the one below.

The two designs above are both very interesting and would look great on a bed.

The last one for today would look stunning in a lot of different colour combinations.

I love the group photo … being able to see the five designs at a glance is always interesting, but these are a great combination in my never really humble opinion.

Very interesting design … would work in many different combinations.

The second one would also work in many colour combinations.

I like the one above!

Very interesting.

Love the last!

One day I should print off three inch square red white and green quilt designs and hang them on a tree … which means I need another tree … and space to put it!

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

Interesting!

Also interesting!

I am thinking that I should have saved this project file until next month … but I guess I can use it again then as the colours will suit the red, white and green theme I try to use during the lead up to Christmas Day.

Talking of Christmas, the design above could be printed out and glued to a pieced of cardboard and hung on a Christmas Tree!

I think the last one is my pick of the day, but I may change my mind after another coffee.

That is all for this week’s mid week ...

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 ...

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.

If we ...

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.

Another mid week retreat has arrived … I am sure the weeks are getting shorter!

The first two designs are very different, but I like them both.

The middle changed in the one above. Makes a big difference to the overall

The one above looks like a block design as well as a quilt design.

Interesting design to finish this weeks mid week retreat, or coffee break.

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Introducing a project file with several variations of Log Cabin blocks along with a mixed bag of applique designs based on some of Australia’s native flora. It has taken about a month to sort out colours for the background Log Cabin blocks, but the colour of the flowers was easier as many of the varieties of flora native to this country might have different colour flowers, and most of them have red included in the family.

Some of the pieced backgrounds designs would look OK without the applique added, like the one above and below, but others, like the ...

The plan for this evening’s meal is fish, so I had a play with some pieces of fish!

I love watching schools of fish swimming in all directions, and never seeming to run into each other.

I see these as tablecloths rather than quilts to go on beds … not too many of us would like fish laying on the bed for a day, let alone months or even years.

A single fish would be great on a placemat, and they would be ok on coasters too.

Must remember to get the fish out of the freezer about lunch time ...

This project file has been in hiding for a few years, but there are still some interesting designs waiting to get their moment in the spotlight. The one above is interesting.

Love the second design.

Spaces in the one above for quilting to be shown off.

Another interesting design above. It would make an interesting mystery quilt as there are several ways to arrange the blocks, and I think I might have to have a bit of a play later today to see what else I could do with the blocks.

The last design for today is very interesting too ...

Interesting.

The first design was very similar to the average Cornerstones quilt, but the second is very different!

I like the one above.

I like the one above too…. going to be hard to pick a favourite this week!

I think I can call the last Log Cabin variation a modern design.

That is all for this week’s Log Cabin retreat for quilters who like Log Cabin quilt designs.

More next week, mid week.

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.

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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 ...

Interesting. Looks like four crowns around the outside!

Now there are very wide Ws around the edge.

How to turn W into a V!

Now I have and 8 laying across teh design.

Something different, though all of today’s designs are a bit different!

They’re a weird mob today, but interesting to see what happens when I play with a simple collection of Log Cabin Blocks.

More Log Cabin quilt designs mid week, next week.