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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 ...

WOW!

Love the start of  today’s quilters mid week retreat .

The second one is alright too.

The next two are fairly similar …

… just a couple of minor changes.

The last one is very different!

More Log Cabin blocks next mid week.

Middle of the week, time to share some Log Cabin variations.

This week features  Log Cabin Cornerstone blocks, also known as Cornerstones.

I like the cross.             

My favourite is number 4 for this week.

I also like the last one.

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Interesting mix of pieces … could be even more interesting if there were more variety of colours.

The colours can also be rearranged several different ways within the blocks.

I like the second design.

A couple of slight modifications makes an interesting change. I like it too.

My favourite for today is number four!

That is all for today  … more Log Cabin variations next week, mid week.

I always find it interesting to see all the designs up close.

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!

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.

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

Very interesting collection of block designs … especially the pyramids with floral clouds!

Lovely!

Another lovely one.

I think the applique is a bit too much in the design above.

I like the last one … just enough applique, so the logs are an important part of the design, and there is room to show off some quilting.