I made one last year with a couple of the light white/beige colors and the darks were blue but it turned out very nice. One side to this (perhaps those on here who have quilted a long time can confirm this) is that I was really chewed out in a class because I was informed (preached at actually) that whatever color is used in the center MUST not be used again in the logs or border or anyplace on the quilt! In addition, the instructor told me the center of a log cabin is only red or yellow. I dropped the class. Not necessarily because of the log cabin discussion, but that and alot of other things.