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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.

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Interesting, but I am not sure if I like it, but it could be an interesting playground to play with the blocks and see what else can happen with them.

The second design is much more to my liking!

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.

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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.

One of my very favourite project files.
 

I love the colours, and the blocks are a varied collection of applique and pieced designs, which of course have been modified a little!

In this project the fabric in each block design stays the same, …

… but their position s are always changing.

A bit more colour than yesterday’s designs.
 

Today’s two designs are very similar, but with the positions of the colours swapped around.
 

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.

Interesting mix of blocks to play with, plus colours I like, room for quilting motifs and some background fillers. For me there is nothing to not like about this project file.

I love the second design!

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.

When playing with these blocks I find I spend more time linking up those fairly plain blocks than I do placing the stars!

The first design had just two different stars, the second has five.

Third day in a row with almost monotone designs. I love finding fabrics which feature one dominant colour, but with lots of variation in the designs and the way the variations are mixed, with the most obvious variation between those fabrics and the background.

My favourite for the day is the first one, but the second one is rather interesting too.

Always pretty in pink!

Hard to pick a favourite … maybe the second one … maybe not.

There are literally thousands of ways to arrange the two shapes of Drunkards Path block. A lot of them are not symmetrical blocks, but there are hundreds that are symmetrical.

I love the second of these two designs.

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. 

Found a hidden file and thought it was about time it was dusted off.

Wow! I don’t use dark backgrounds very often, but I rather like these, so should do it more often!

This project brings back memories of scribbling block designs on scraps of paper.

They look much better all neat and tidy and in full colour!

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.

Irish Chain in green ….

…. Happy St Patrick’s Day

Alpine Cross is a block I would not choose to use in a real quilt, but I challenged myself to at least give it a go.

The Alpine Cross features in the first design, but the modifications took over in the second design.

I like blocks which are symmetrical, and I can see a different challenge to tackle in the future … playing with 5P blocks to see just how many symmetrical variations I can find.