Is there one block that you love to make more than any other? One that keeps drawing you back to be done in different colors each time?

I like Log Cabin. Now I have only done one so far, but it is calling me again. I also like Four Patch Surrounded. I have done about 6 of that, and now Hole in the Barn Door. I like good sized pieces that compliment the fabric and lets it speak.

I personally love stars, any kind! I also love Hole in the barn door, or churn dash.

I like Hunter's Star block and Log Cabin. House blocks are my favorite pictorial blocks.

flying geese and mariners compass

I like bowties. The are pretty easy and look great in any color combination or just scrappy.

Log cabin, there are so many different layouts that each one is different.
After reading Underground Railroad, I have made them with red centers, yellow centers, and black centers.

I love the variations of square in a square blocks :D:D:D

Im seriously goaled towards doing a king log cabin as one of my 12 for the year :)
But I also love the d9p, triple irish chain, and scrappy houses.

I love a crazy block.

Churn dash, pin wheel, bow tie.

New York Beauties
I have only made one block but I love the way they look!

I always come back to a Log Cabin, quickly followed by a nine patch, it's almost like a cleansing ritual ( ... that seems like an odd reference.... but it fits) before I start something else... the scrappier the better!

brushandthinble, it's so funny you say that! I was talking about log cabin quilts with a co-worker today, and it dawned on me that of the 6 that I've made since I started quilting, not a single one has had a red center... even thought I know that's traditional, and it was important during the Underground railroad... I'll have to try it sometime

I myself am not partial to red, so when I made mine, I used a dark rusty red with deep gold stars in it. In my second one I may end up using the same thing.

For me this has to be the hardest question ever! I have yet to do the same one twice, since there are too many wonderful choices, but I do aspire to one day do a double wedding ring. That is my favorite to look at.

Ohio Star

hands down! the nine patch :) and any variation. I love the look and its so versatile when creating your own quilt instead of following a pattern

Churn Dash, Ohio Star, and Pinwheel are my favorite blocks.

Jacob's Ladder which includes a 4-path and a half-square triangle. Recently, I started to get into circles.

I want to try log cabin.

Drunkard's Path, hand's down. With more than 80 different variations in arrangement before even factoring in color variations, I can't think of a more versatile block.

Ohio Stars and Log Cabins

Log cabin. It's always been my favorite.
I like how chains look too.

I've always wanted to do a Buckeye Beauty.

I'm not sure I have a favorite!! But when I'm looking for a nice, easy block, I do a Friendship Star! :D

Hexagons

I just finished a hexagon landscape (I know, pictures) and am now working on the binding. Love that they are so portable and the designs you can make are endless.

Wow Crystal, any colors in mind for your king size log cabin. That is my friends favorite pattern.

I think mine is the lamoyne star, though I like a lot more, it's just easier to make some more than others.

I like the bear paw. Of course I call it the dog paw.
I also like alot of different star patterns. Hole in the barn door is also a favorite and and and. Ha. Depends on what mood I'm in I guess. Oh the snails trail which I have not done yet but its moving up on my list too.

I am also a fan of Log Cabin. I made a quilt 2 yrs. ago that had the center piece with pictures of Civil War Pictures, and the Gettysburg Address. I made it for my husband's b.day, and have received lots of compliments on it.
I also like Irish Chain. I watched my mom make this quilt when I was growing up. I liked the idea of the chain piecing, ect,. I am going to make one as soon as some of the other projects get completed.
I am also a believer in big blocks and some of the "ol favorites!"
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I have one in an old book that is called Judy in Arabia, love it!!

Stars, stars and more stars! The Ohio star is my favorite. I also love to do stack and whack because no one is ever going to have one exactly like mine.

I've done 3 Log Cabins because they were easy and 2 Lone Stars. I think those two are my favorites of all the ones I've done so far.

Ohio Star and Sawtooth Star. They draw me in every time! I also love Flying Geese, and Log Cabin, and .........

I love Log Cabin. It was the first thing I fell in love with and so versatile. I also like Grandmother's Flower Garden. My grandma had one...so pretty.

I can't think of all the ones I like. I have made up lots of my own. If I find a print the is just to pretty to cut up I just cut it in two or four pices, put sashing to separate them put a border or two on it and call it done. I use a large stipple quilting on it.

I like all the variations of the 9-patch. And since I've been on the AB, I love the D9P.

The one I have not tried but really want to is Storm at Sea.

I love rag blocks cause they are so easy. I have made at least 6 rag quilts.

What is my favorite block? I had to stop and think about which blocks I have used in numerous quilts. Let's see, I have made many Mariner's Compass; Giant Dalhia; Lone Star (Star of Bethleham); Snail's Trail and Trip Around the World quilts, but only one New York Beauty and one Double Wedding Ring. Although the DWR was a king size in shades of green (not my favorite color), so maybe that's the reason I made only one. But I must agree with the others, the Log Cabin is so versatile, that I've made so many quilts for the family, they could open a retail store!