Quilt group challenge
#1
Quilt group challenge
My quilt group has given us a challenge to make a 24" x 30" one block small quilt.
It can be any block you like - not necessarily a kaleidoscope one block wonder.
Because of the size - I wondered about a 6" log cabin - but what would you
do with that challenge ?
Thanks for any thoughts.
It can be any block you like - not necessarily a kaleidoscope one block wonder.
Because of the size - I wondered about a 6" log cabin - but what would you
do with that challenge ?
Thanks for any thoughts.
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Think about the words in the challenge. You said it is "a one block quilt 24" x 30" . It does not say...make a small quilt using one quilt block design....what would you design if you made "one block" that was 24 x 30 size. I did a guild challenge one time that the theme was circles. Instead of manking a double wedding reig I did a piece showing the circle of life of the butterfly...the challenge only said circles. So think bout what the words say .
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I saw a wonderful Log Cabin quilt for a Veterans group in a recent The Quilt Life quilt magazine. I would post a picture but that would be a copywrite violation? It have off white Log Cabin blocks with a red heart outline in the center. The heart looked like a American flag kind of. I don't know if you could do that in a smaller log cabin scale but it was super.
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I see Holice's point, but wonder about the non-square size. It seems to 'block' the challenge (pun intended) if a single block was the intent.
How about taking a four patch block that is made up of only HSTs, like Dutchman's Puzzle, and making a 6" log cabin block to use in place of each HST. You'd wind up with one block (the Dutchman's Puzzle) made from 16 other 'one' blocks (the Log Cabins). That would cover both possible interpretations of the challenge...or would it just be a two block quilt that way? And you'd still have to fudge the extra six inches.
How about taking a four patch block that is made up of only HSTs, like Dutchman's Puzzle, and making a 6" log cabin block to use in place of each HST. You'd wind up with one block (the Dutchman's Puzzle) made from 16 other 'one' blocks (the Log Cabins). That would cover both possible interpretations of the challenge...or would it just be a two block quilt that way? And you'd still have to fudge the extra six inches.
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Re: your log cabin idea
How about piecing a picture of a log cabin, in the middle of your log cabin block? By making the center picture rectangular, instead of square, you could easily obtain your 24" x 30", while keeping it just one block. Here's a block I made, years ago (for future sampler-type quilt). The block is actually square but I was holding camera at an angle, to eliminate a shadow. Anyway, you could make the center "picture" wider or taller, to turn it into a rectangle, then add as many rows of "logs" as you need, for size.
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How about piecing a picture of a log cabin, in the middle of your log cabin block? By making the center picture rectangular, instead of square, you could easily obtain your 24" x 30", while keeping it just one block. Here's a block I made, years ago (for future sampler-type quilt). The block is actually square but I was holding camera at an angle, to eliminate a shadow. Anyway, you could make the center "picture" wider or taller, to turn it into a rectangle, then add as many rows of "logs" as you need, for size.
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Please excuse my drawing. The dark areas represent a medium or dark fabric and the white areas would be a light fabric. Just two colors are used. I saw a quilt in a Modern Quilt book a couple of years ago and fell in love with it. It is constructed the same way a log cabin quilt is constructed. The one I saw was in turquoise and white and was probably a lap size However, a person could draft out any size they wanted. I call it a square spiral. I found it just breathtaking, so clean and modern looking
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