Log Cabin Colors
09-27-2010, 12:04 PM
#11
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Beautiful quilt, Scissor Queen!
My first quilt was a Log Cabin in neutrals and greens. No blue in the house any more - everything was blue for years and now I can't stand it, lol!
I used Eleanor Burns' "Quilt in a Day" book. It's very easy to follow. The logs are kind of wide, if I were doing it again - and Scissor Queen's is enough to make me want to, I'd follow the same directions but make the logs much narrower.
My first quilt was a Log Cabin in neutrals and greens. No blue in the house any more - everything was blue for years and now I can't stand it, lol!
I used Eleanor Burns' "Quilt in a Day" book. It's very easy to follow. The logs are kind of wide, if I were doing it again - and Scissor Queen's is enough to make me want to, I'd follow the same directions but make the logs much narrower.
09-27-2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by justme2
Love the LC posted a wk or so ago,all lights & shades of blue,so pretty.Want to start on one & wondering what color would look good? Have mostly Fall shades in my bedrm. I'd use the off whites,so what to go with them & the red centers? DH says "no pink" :-).
Wish me luck.In my trunk of quilts, the one never shown is my 2nd quilt made, a LC.Poor thing.....so wonky.Hoping to do better this time.
Wish me luck.In my trunk of quilts, the one never shown is my 2nd quilt made, a LC.Poor thing.....so wonky.Hoping to do better this time.
09-27-2010, 12:26 PM
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I did not use PP for the LC (gosh, I feel like I'm speaking in quilt code lol)
When I did mine, it was only my third quilt and I made each block instead of strip piecing. I spent a bit of time pressing and trimming each round and then making sure that I turned the block in the same direction every time. I remember marking the rows of strips so I would always know where I was and not double up/or miss the next fabric.
When I did mine, it was only my third quilt and I made each block instead of strip piecing. I spent a bit of time pressing and trimming each round and then making sure that I turned the block in the same direction every time. I remember marking the rows of strips so I would always know where I was and not double up/or miss the next fabric.
09-27-2010, 02:28 PM
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I didn't paper piece mine. I don't think I even used a pattern. You just start with a square and add logs and make sure you go around the right direction.
I know I strip pieced and shuffled my blocks so no two are identical.
I know I strip pieced and shuffled my blocks so no two are identical.
09-27-2010, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I did not use PP for the LC (gosh, I feel like I'm speaking in quilt code lol)
When I did mine, it was only my third quilt and I made each block instead of strip piecing. I spent a bit of time pressing and trimming each round and then making sure that I turned the block in the same direction every time. I remember marking the rows of strips so I would always know where I was and not double up/or miss the next fabric.
When I did mine, it was only my third quilt and I made each block instead of strip piecing. I spent a bit of time pressing and trimming each round and then making sure that I turned the block in the same direction every time. I remember marking the rows of strips so I would always know where I was and not double up/or miss the next fabric.
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