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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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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. 

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.
 

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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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

There are some very interesting designs in this project file!

I have included most of the Log Cabin blocks I have in my collection, and added an interesting colour combination.

I like the one above! But wait … there are a couple more to go for this weeks mid week just for quilters.

WOW!

There are a lot of possibilities when you start playing with even pretty basic Log Cabin variations!

That is all for this week’s mid week quilters short break from the mad world around us … more mid week, next week.

Interesting design to start today’s Log Cabin retreat … first of five Log Cabin quilt variations to look at.

An interesting variation of the first design, almost the same and with the colours swapped. I like the colour change.

In the design above the two rows of blocks in the centre, both vertically and horizontal, are the same but the corners have been changes.

I like the change, but what does it look like with the colours reversed?

I should have left them as they were!

My favourite of this mid week’s collection of Log Cabin designs is the ...

Interesting design to start the day!

The send design is much more interesting, especially the centre bit.

I love the one above!

Neat and tidy and would look great on a bed in just about any colour combination. Remember that the trick with getting good results with any of the Log Cabin variations is to get the contrast right.

Interesting design to finish this weeks collection of Log Cabin designs.

That is all for this week’s Log Cabin retreat, but there will be more next week.