Originally Posted by quiltlady37
My Dad had a log cabin on his farm by his farm pond. My youngest son loves that cabin and spends quite a lot of time there. I have a wonderful picture of it. I would like to make him a quilt with that cabin and the water as my center block. I don't want to copy a picture of it, I would like to make it from fabric. Still contemplating exactly how I am going to do it.
Have that picture blown up as large as you can get it. Use tracing paper to trace around the "main parts" and then find fabrics to block it in. Lay in details after.
Just as in painting, start from the furthest point back and work toward the front. Greyed down shades in the back and brighter as you approach the nearest point.