I am doing a log cabin quilt, and I wanted to design it into the diamonds/stars look. Well I had no idea that there were different variations to this block. So now when I place them in the pattern for it, my two points at the top, bottom nor sides are equal height. So now what I can I do? People are going to think I was drinking while making this. Ha ha ha..I may need one now though.. ha ha ha To think..I was enjoying making this one and WAS having so much fun. I should have known it was to good to be true. ha ha ha

Put it together & don't tell anybody.

I agree!

I've started telling myself "that the next one will be better" - just as a way to stop myself from dwelling on small imperfections.

and yes you may call me a "wanna be" perfectionist!

i think it still looks good like that. it is different from all the others~~one of a kind~~

I like it alot!

It looks great as is. No one will know you didn't plan it that way unless you tell them. Keep going & finish it & I'll bet you will be pleased with it when it is completed.

It simply makes it unique. I think it's pretty.

I think it will be beautiful. I'm a perfectionist too, quilts just won't act right, I still keep trying.

I think it is pretty the way it is.

Completely agree! Your colors are beautiful. Have you tried rearranging it into a different pattern? You might like it better.
But even if you don't, who's to know you didn't intend for it to be that way? It'll still be a beautiful quilt!

I vote YES on this!! LOLOLOL

I thought it was suppose to look like that... took me quite a while to figure out what you were talking about.

You made a design decision to make yours this way - if anyone is rude enough to ask. The colors are great and I'll bet it looks wonderful when it is finished. I can never make a pattern to the pattern, then mine would look just like every other one...like anyone is ever going to line them up somewhere!!

It looks intentional. I would never have guessed it wasn't supposed to be just as it is. Colors and design are very attractive. If you still don't like it - provided the fabric is still available - you could make a second set of blocks the other direction, make two quilts and sell one - it will pay for the cost of both!

There is a hundred ways to put together the log cabin block --now there's 101 ways !!

It looks like it's supposed to go that way--isn't it??? I'd either try rearranging for a different design, or sew it together as is. Either way it's perfect.

It looks fine. Its like a star. Testalations.

Okay-
Went back and looked- First I love it.

Have you thought about making 2 rows with complete blocks amd then making one more section to finish the bottom log cabins?
Just a thought

Looks great

Karen R..I am sorry..but I guess I am not sure what you are meaning. This is only 28 blocks out of 100 that is needed. I do love the looks, and the colors..but I saw another posters on here and I got to looking..and was like..well darn..mine does not match like that. So I did a search online..and waaa laaa..ha ha ha..because mine is different.. DH..told me exactly what I always tell him..finish and keep your mouth shut..and I bet your the only one that will ever know.

(whats the old saying..what goes around..comes around) ha ha ha

amen.

I think it looks great! If someone doesn't like it, or says something disrespectful about it - Then tell them, let me see you do it then! lol

What's wrong with it? I don't get it. Looks great to me, but then I haven't done a log cabin yet. And as far as I know - like everyone has said before me - IF YOU DON'T TELL THEY WON'T KNOW ;).

Will turning the blocks around make any difference? Doesn't matter, it still looks great! Quite unique...which is good!

I had a cooking teacher in high school who told us we never made mistakes - we invented new dishes. I like to use that philosophy in my quilting too!!

Have a drink and don't worry about it.

It's a contemporary variation of a traditional quilt pattern! Which is my way of saying that I agree with what everyone else has said: It's a beautiful quilt in its own right.

You're understandably disappointed because it didn't turn out as you had anticipated. But I'll bet that if you were to put it away for a week and then look at it again with fresher eyes, you'd be pleased and proud!

A dear friend taught me the basics of quilting. While learning to use a rotary cutter and sew a scant 1/4" seam were important, the best thing I learned from her was that our quilts are always better than we think they are. She encouraged me always to set aside a troubled quilt and re-examine it a few days/weeks/months later. It's amazing how much better it looks once I have some distance!!

Looks just FINE to me, the way it is. Tell anyone that asks that this is YOUR "spin" on the design! :thumbup:

It's beautiful the way it is. It took me a little while to figure out what you were talking about. I would go ahead and put it together. Great job.

I'd finish it and pretend it's supposed to be that way. Whose to know the difference. I love the colors. It's a great quilt. You had fun, that's what counts.

Although I get what you mean I have to agree with the other members, it's beautiful just the way it is, I understand it's not how you saw it in your minds eye.
I have learned that you should never look at your quilt up close. I had always hated my sampler quilt until I saw a photo of it. The look of the whole quilt is much better than just parts of it.

Smiles
Jude

Although I get what you mean I have to agree with the other members, it's beautiful just the way it is, I understand it's not how you saw it in your minds eye.
I have learned that you should never look at your quilt up close. I had always hated my sampler quilt until I saw a photo of it. The look of the whole quilt is much better than just parts of it.

Smiles
Jude

Put it together another way or put sashing between the blocks.

It looks just great!!

So you've made up a new design--wonderful!

It is pretty and look--a new design. Go with it. :-D

You have created a "variation" of the traditional log cabin. Now all you need is a catchy name for it. Log Cabin Branching Out?

I still can't figure out what is "wrong" with it. I like it the way it is, but the final decision is yours.

I like it the way it is. The color combinations are great and I would have thought you designed it that way.

Only you will know, finnish it,, it's beautiful.

If youtry to be a perfectionist in quilting you will go nuts. Besides, it's handmade, annd you're only human, right.

I believe handmade things should look handmade not mmass produced.