| Jan in VA |
10-11-2010 09:15 AM |
Gosh, I'm so touched by your replies!
The log cabin seems pretty popular here; it was my DD's going-to-college quilt. -- "When the Sun Goes Down, The Stars Come Out"
It's the inspiration for a graded color study/log cabin construction class, a 2-in-1 class where I help the individual student pull their fabrics, if they wish, as they will be using from very light to medium on one side of the block and medium to very dark on the other side. Ten fabrics in all grading from light to dark....try it at home with your stash, it's great training for pulling fabrics for virtually any quilt. And then teach my never-fail method for always keeping your LC blocks straight and true.
The pink hearts are actually NOT squares!! It's a trick. The colors are ALL the hues in the red/maroon/pink/rust/purple family, as many as possible. For the greatest interest, since *you* are not doing the work (in fancy piecing), the *fabric* has to! It's an interesting class to teach because it makes the student think outside the box during construction. Sometimes one has to "nudge" them like a stuck record player needle, LOL! I do have a pattern for this one, and another assembled the same way with stars, that I might be willing to package for sale. (Or you could just hire me to come to your group and teach it, LOL!)
The Patriot Quilt was one I drew on graph paper years ago, started to make it using a solid white background, outgrew my use of solids phase, put it aside for over 15 years, and thought I'd never complete it...it would be one of those "even though your quilt isn't finished, you're finished with your quilt" things.
Then I helped start the Patriot Quilters of Virginia. I finished it with same-fabric scraps I'd managed to hang onto for years (what a stash!) and it became our "banner" quilt as we felt it had too much white in it. It was donated long-armed with variegated patriotic thread and we ended up giving it to a precious soldier who fell in love with it at the VA Hospital in Richmond VA.
Jan in VA
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