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Nothing like star gazing when there is a clear dark sky.

I love the second design!

My quilting idea for these designs is to quilt the outline of the basic pattern of the block regardless of where the colour has been placed in the block. The back of the quilt would look like it had identical pieced stars all over the front.

This project file is based on one fairly complex block, but with some pieces hiding because they are replaced with the background fabric. 

Perhaps there are a lot of unknown star signs hiding in these designs.
 

Middle of another week, just after the middle of the year.

These designs have all light, all dark and half light, half dark blocks.

The next two have exactly the same blocks, but with a few of them turned around.

I like the one with the dark centre … but I might change my mind after a second coffee.

Just four all dark blocks in the last, and this is my favourite for today.

All  of todays designs are interesting.

I like both of the first two.

Love the third ….

… and the fourth.

The last one is the most interesting, and I  like it!

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

This is one of the first project files I created when I became a Virtual Quilter, and it is still a favourite.

I have modified a few of the blocks but there are no modified blocks in today’s designs.

Interesting and impressive.

Another interesting design.

I love the way these designs have turned out with very basic alterations to the colour placement in the blocks.

The one above is my favourite for today.

I can see a lot of simple changes which could be made to the way these blocks have been placed.

More Log Cabin variations mid week, next week.

Love the colours in these designs.

Love all five of these designs.

The middle one is my favourite .

Love the simplicity of the next one.

I think this has to be my all round  favourite collection of all my posts, but that could change any time in the future.

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Double Irish Cabin again, but with flowers.

Perhaps I should add an elf to these designs.

Interesting!

They look a bit like it  is on point with pieced sashing.

I love the second one … and think it would be possible to make the Irish Chain blocks, then do machine embroidery on some of the blocks.

Spring bulbs bursting into life. A bit early here, winter has just started.

Both piecing and applique are fairly intricate, but effective.

Love it!

Love the mixture of piecing, applique and quilting.

I cannot pick a favourite between the two of these.

Single Irish Chain consists of 9P blocks alternated with alternate plain blocks.

My version uses 9P bocks, some solid ones, and some with colours added here and there.

I never know what sort of design I will find.

Just two pieced block designs can be mixed up in many ways!

 One block has lots of pieces, the other one a lot less.

I like the second design today.

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.

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What can you do with 64 identical Log Cabin blocks?

The second design is the same as the first, but with the blocks turned inside out.

The next two use the same blocks again, with them turned inside out for the second design.

I like this pair, but I like the first pair more.

You will have to wait until I open this project again to see what the last design looks like.

More Log Cabin designs mid week, next week.

Same block designs as yesterday, but tipped on point … and so I found a very attractive but pointy inner border.

As much as I liked the inner border around the first design, I love the lightness of the second design.

The first design is very interesting, but a little bit busy for me.

However, I love the second one!

Interesting … but the real quilting would be in a dark thread, or at least the straight line fill.

More interesting!

Pretty colours, pointy pieces.

I prefer the first, but would prefer the second on  my bed.