Hullo dear machine lady,

we live close to Frankfurt, in a city called Wiesbaden. Originally, though, I'm from the South, born and raised in Freiburg, the most beautiful town ever. Should you ever return to Germany, see it if you have the chance, it´s absolutely lovely!
Same here, by the way, not quite 50 yet, but I just don't make that kind of money anymore. Just the flight alone would really cost a lot. As a student, however, I loved to go the States and I visited all the time ;))

Will post a photo once I get started. Have the first 5 pieces (blocks?) ready but suddenly, I'm not sure whether to use 20 or only 16 pieces per block. And whether to mix any other colors into the dark section but the indigos. Hmm...

Maybe I should post a photo of a block and you could help with that too. Its a novel thing, for me, getting help with the quilting. Never thought to ask :)

Dear Kelsie, what's SiTD? My logs are about 2cm, that's a bit less than inch, I think (1 inch=2,5cm, if I remember right). I love close quilting (well, not to actually do it, but the look I get - so mostly, I compromise)

Hi Christina! Welcome to the board!
I really like that idea of quilting it in the middle of the logs so you don't have to deal with the seams. Never thought of that- great idea!

SITD means stitch in the ditch but that's for machine quilting. I don't think you'd want to do it by hand.

Good suggestions from all. I, for one do not SITD because I always good up on that technique. I usually choose some other technique.

While we're here ... colours?
 

Hope this works and you all can see a photo of a finished block. Too much blue, what do you think? But what else to mix in?? Dark green? Blacks - but that color I really don't like too much. What colors would look 1880s? Thanks again! It`s great to talk to people with the same interest

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For a quilting needle, I can’t recommend Hiroshima Tulip betweens enough. They are a little more expensive, but are almost bendproof, important if you have to quilt through seams. They are also very sharp and needle through the layers effortlessly.