Does this log cabin variation have a name?
01-31-2016, 07:41 AM
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Ginger - it does look like rick rack! I did more searches using rick rack log cabin and sawtooth log cabin and nothing exactly came up.
The corners do come together in pinwheels where blocks meet, so long as I am careful. I'm off now to make a few more blocks!
The corners do come together in pinwheels where blocks meet, so long as I am careful. I'm off now to make a few more blocks!
01-31-2016, 07:43 AM
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I used your picture in Google Image search and it could not find anything remotely like it. I guess you have created a NEW block. That happens so rarely, and I am glad for you. Now, how are you going to use it in a quilt? Are you going to rotate the colors so you have all four at every side? Or match up the colors? Or use a sashing between blocks? Of course, none of this has to be decided until you get your blocks made.
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01-31-2016, 08:00 AM
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I have seen this before in a book and I think could have been a older book with log cabin variations. It's a great block! I remember the the layout as having all the darker points of the hst going one way or opposite like you have them.
01-31-2016, 08:12 AM
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I was editing my post as I was posting the quilt I drew in EQ and it timed me out. Sorry that there wasn't an explanation with it. I was looking at quilt possibilities and this one really appealed to me. It looks a lot like Japanes lanterns.
01-31-2016, 04:05 PM
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I called mine "embellished" log cabin because I used a snowball square to embellish the ends of opposing logs rather than all corners.
Let's see if a decent graphic comes up....
Jan in VA
Let's see if a decent graphic comes up....
Jan in VA
01-31-2016, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Rebecca_S
Barb, thanks for drawing it out like that! I have it sketched, but seeing it graphically sure makes it pop.
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