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Old 03-07-2011, 12:01 PM
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Lobster
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It's not a terribly conventional log cabin quilt, it's a species we've decided is a crazy log cabin, but it has sashing so here it is. I'm quilting it right now, I'm doing Welsh quilting designs.



I made 29 blocks in that set and the rest went into a quilt without sashing.



Apart from a slight colour bias - the first quilt leans more towards the lighter blocks with greens rather than pinks - they're all constructed exactly the same way. Unfortunately I don't have a finished photo of the second quilt, I forgot to photograph it before sending it off and the recipient hasn't sent me a pic yet. It had a very nifty multicoloured binding made from scraps.

The whole set started off as an extremely badly cut jelly roll, and I added in fabrics from my stash. The finished strip widths were 2", 1", 2.25" and 0.75", and each block was 11".

Looking at those EQ examples, I think that with the right sashing you can still very much get the log cabin effect. The quilting design I'm using on the first quilt is basically a medallion-style design that goes over all the blocks, and I've just skipped the sashing and put cables in there instead. The design still continues beautifully between the blocks, as you can see at http://lobsterdesigns.dreamwidth.org/9202.html.
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