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Middle of another week, a week when I am glad to be a virtual quilter because life is getting in the way of real quilting … but I did buy some fabric a few days ago!

The second design is interesting, but I can see a couple of spots I would like to change somehow.

The one above is my favourite for today.

Interesting!

The last one is also interesting … and it is the same lay out of blocks but with the colours reversed.

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.

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.
 

Welcome to another mid week retreat from the madding world, exclusively for quilters.

I like the design above, but I have just added two variations to the collection waiting for their day in the blog. Not that I am running out of virtual designs to share as there are still about 20 left in this project file.

Another interesting design!

Another one I like, but I am going to try making a change to add another one to the file.

I wonder how many times I have saved the same design … I find the odd one occasionally, but there could ...

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.

This project file uses just one block … the basic Log Cabin block, using a centre plus four rounds of strips.

The size of the centre square and width of the strips determines the size of the quilt. The designs in this collection would be a queen size quilt if the blocks start with cutting a 1.5 inch square and strips 1.5 inches wide, with the finished block size 9 inches.

I wonder how many different designs could be created by turning the blocks every which way?

Adding multiple colours to the mix would introduce many more variations!

With ...

Using less logs around the centre square saves a lot of time in making a block, and it makes a big difference to the design. I thought it might make the overall design less effective,, but now I think it looks more effective.

I love the design above … and the one below!

Not a big difference between the two, but effective.

The one above is very interesting

The last one is also very interesting, and below is the group photo of today’s designs.

There will be more Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Interesting start to this week’s collection of Log Cabin quilt designs.

Different!

We went through Lochiel recently, and the sometimes pink lake was showing off it’s end of a dusty, dry summer colours … it just looked dry and dusty. Hopefully some rain will come soon and clean it up, and the pink will appear again.

I like the one above.

Interesting.

Love the last one for this week.

More Log Cabin quilt designs mid seek, next week.

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 ...

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.

Starting this week’s mid week quilter’s retreat with a fairly simple design.

It is much more interesting with a few green strips replacing gold.

I like the one above, once again with green strips replacing gold ones on two sides of the Cornerstones block.

I like the centre of the design above … might have to play with that later.

An interesting design to finish this week’s mid week retreat.

More Log Cabin variations mid week, next week.

Interesting.

I like the second design!

Very different. I like where the green blocks near the corners are placed, offset from the position of the framed crosses.

An alternative title for the design above could be Square Dance.

The last one has a similar layout of blocks as the first design, but with slightly different blocks … very interesting changes.

I like the position of the mostly green design in the gallery placements!

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

Exciting. Certainly more exciting than the average Log Cabin quilts I have seen anywhere.

A bit more mundane.

Another exciting design.

Interesting design above.

Another very interesting design to complete this weeks collection of Log Cabin quilt designs.

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Now I have to make sure I get this posted in the middle of the week, and I have checked the day and date three times so far to make sure I get it right.

Interesting design to start with, though my Mid Week Quilter’s Log Cabin Retreat is a day late. I am not too sure if my calendar or the clock is misleading me … got to be one of them!

The second design is exactly the same as the first, but with the colours reversed.

I am not too interested in the design above, but what if I reverse the colours again.

I love the change!

You will have to wait until I next open this project file to see what happens with the last design for today when the colours are ...

That could almost be a pretty flower!

Interesting design above.

Crisscross design is also interesting!

Designs in this project file would be great for sports fans who barrack for the red and white teams.

My favourite for this week’s quilter’s is the first design above.

More Log Cabin design variations mid week, next week, so you can have a five minute coffee break looking at some quilt designs.

Love the first design this week.

There are four colourways of the TNT Log Cabin block in this project file, and there are over 500 quilt designs. I suspect that there are some repeats, but I have not been able to find any.

Interesting!

I like the one above.

I can see five spaces which could be filled with some interesting quilting, or some applique could be added before the quilting.

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

This week’s selection of designs includes three very similar designs with minor changes, and two also with minor changes.

The dark circle in the centre has become a light space.

The dark centre is back, but the inner corners have changed.

The one above is interesting.

Four blocks have changed colour in the last.

That is all for this week, and last, but more Log Cabin designs mid week, next week, if I remember what day it is. Easy to tell we are retirees, where every day is Sunday!

The Log Cabin block usually starts with a square, but can also start with a rectangle, a triangle, and a hexagon. Starting with an octagon might be a step too far, but is possible!

Different and very unusual!

The appliques could be done on plain blocks, or pieced blocks using low contrast fabrics for each round.

The one above is my favourite so far …

… but the last one finishes first in the favourite ratings from me!

The gallery is a bit crowded today!

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.