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All designs today are very similar, especially the first three … sort of.

There is a centre design, surrounded by all light blocks, then a border, more light blocks with one all dark block connected to the outer border , and a corner made up of three blocks.

Now it is time to change the centre and the rest of the layout!

A rather interesting change!

The last design still has a centre, light space, a dark border with just a small light space before the final dark.

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

There are lots of possibilities using Log Cabin blocks as borders.

That is how I started this project file, but then I started playing with using some Log Cabin block variations as the background for applique.

The first design has Log Cabin blocks around the edges, and some very pale or washed out Log Cabin blocks with applique on solid blocks.

Then I asked myself a question … What if I use pieced blocks as background for the applique, sometimes, or all the time.

Then I thought that some inner borders to break up the light areas would be interesting.

The ...

Middle of another week … in some ways it feels like a month since I posted Log Cabin designs, but maybe it was yesterday! It has been one of those weeks!

At least this week’s Log Cabin retreat has started with a very pretty design.

Still the same colours, as all the designs are in this collection, but not as interesting as the first.

Looks better with different blocks around the edge.

Another interesting design.

I like the last one.

Did you know that there are over 40 different ways of using the same fabrics in a basic Log Cabin ...

It may be the colours but these designs look a bit spooky!

However, they are all interesting designs.

The third one is one of my favourites . … love it!

The fourth one is the spookiest of these, but it could be interesting with some variety in the colours.

The last one is my other favourite.

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

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 ...

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. 

All light, all dark, and some half dark/half light.

Mix them up and see what happens.

I like the middle one!

The next one is interesting ….

… as they all are.

More Log Cabin designs next week, mid week.

This project file hasn’t been opened since the middle of 2018!

Made up from mostly traditional half light, half dark Log Cabin blocks, With a few all dark and/or all light added .

I see four log cabins at a cross road!

The colours are rather pretty, as I usually prefer more masculine colours for Log Cabin

There are a lot of designs in this file waiting for their turn to be added to the blog, so I will try to open it up a little more regularly in the future.

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.
 

This is the last of this project file.                   

There are aa lot of designs I have saved into a new project, and will share them later.

Before then I am making some minor changes, not including fabric changes.

The main change is to replace the half blocks with solid fabric around the edge with a half square of fabric instead of pieced logs.

There are a lot of designs ready and waiting for the minor change … half of them were waiting to appear in the current file.

Very deep purple , very bright green. Not a combination I had ever thought of. Had thought of similar, but usually a  bit lighter.

I didn’t intend dog faces to appear in the two designs, but they did!

At least they don’t bark all day and all night.

Enough with the dogs, how about some pointy bits.

Not too sure that I like the last one … looks a bit weird!

Many Australian native plants can survive drought conditions, but they look forward to the break of droughts just like Aussie people, especially those who live in the country areas and provide food for those who live in the more built up areas.

The best flowers visible from my garden this year  were a couple of gum trees over our back fence, one with red flowers, one yellow..

In the second design the corners are different … I couldn’t decide which one I liked best, so left  them as they were. A real quilt made like this could be used with ...

The first two designs in this week’s Log Cabin Retreat  has only Log Cabin blocks featuring light fabrics on one side, dark fabrics on the other .

There are similarities, but they are laid out differently.  If you make  64 similar blocks, play with the  layout before you piece them together … there are many, many designs waiting to be discovered for those blocks.

But, what if you make four all dark fabric Log Cabin blocks? The third design has four  dark blocks to replace four of the half and half blocks.

Then back to all identical Log Cabin blocks but ...

Middle of the week again … feels like it was the middle of last week yesterday!

The second design is very interesting!

WOW!!!

My favourite for today!

I like the one above too!

I love the last one too!

I hope your preparations for Christmas are going well … just two weeks to go!

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week, and the week after too!

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.

It’s the middle of another week already, and I like the first Log Cabin design but worry that the weeks are getting shorter. Not too mention the years.

The second design is very interesting!

Another very interesting design.

The project file these come from has no new designs at the moment, but I might just find some time to play with some of the designs with the cross in the centre … I like all of these, but can see changes which just might make them better.

I think the second design is my favourite, but it will be interesting ...

I like the first design of this week’s Log Cabin design variations.

The second design is very interesting!

Another interesting design.

Just a thought … Log Cabin blocks would be a good substitute for an autograph book, with the signatures added to the light strips, with the option of adding embroidery.

On second thought, I would add signatures to quilts with less blocks than those in the collection, but the general idea would make a great family heirloom in any size.

My favourite today is the second design.

That is all for this week … more Log Cabin design’s mid ...

The colours in this lot would be lovely for a romantic break in a Log Cabin near a river or lake … especially a pink lake. (There is a pink lake down the highway from where I live, though it often looks brown rather then pink.)

First design is interesting, and so is the second one above.

I like the one above …

… and I like the one above too!

I have been trying to work out which one I like most, but have given up … I like them all! It is always interesting to mix up the different variations of Log ...

First design is very interesting!

The next three designs could all use more dark pieces, but I like them without the extra colour as the quilting can be seen all over the top.

In the design above there are eight more blocks with dark added.

More dark areas added, and I like it like that.

Saved my favourite to last in this week’s Log cabin retreat.

More Log Cabin quilt designs mid week, next week.