I posted this recently as an EQ design and thought I'd share my progress. I went with the first option of seahorses with fish as a secondary pattern and wanted to make it as a wall hanging rather than a full size quilt so decided on 6" blocks. It will be 48" x 36" without borders - I haven't decided on borders yet, will piece the middle first! Anyway, I just cut all my strips at 1 1/4" wide and 1" wide unfinished and laid them out in cutlery trays ready to go! I'm piecing the normal way rather than PP - good practice for those accurate scant 1/4" seams!

Can't wait to see finished quilt! Beautiful fabrics.

You are so talented.

That is so awesome

Can't wait to see when it's finished. Love how to use the silver ware tray to store your pieces.

I just read Judy Martin's book about log cabins and using trays to hold the strips. Looks like a good idea.

Thos fabrics aree really nice and the way you have them sorted is nice.

LOL! You're at an organizational level I can only dream about!

I love the pattern.

what a great way to organize pieces for this quilt. i can't wait to see finished. great fabric selection. :-)

That's where I got the idea from! :-D

Thanks for idea for holding strips I get so many wonderful ideas from this page hope it never goes away or changes in any way

Love your color choices, can't wait to see the final quilt.

love the colors cant wait to see it! your organizational skills make me feel like a pig in a barn!!

STUNNING!!!

Your quilt is very pretty and I am impressed with the idea of using a silverware tray to store the cut strips. I have to remember that when I go to Walmart again. Get a silverware tray or two!! This is why I love the quilting board!!

Love the quilt and the sorting trays. Awesome idea.

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You are so organized! WhenI cut my strips most of the time I can't find them in all the scarps!! You know what they say about organized people, right? An organized person is a sign of a sick mind! LOL! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Then I must be a REAL sicko! :mrgreen: :lol:

Seriously though, I feel it just saves so much time in the long run. :-D

Love the quilt and love how you organized the strips in the containers--will use this as well....

what she said!!!!! :):):)

Love the layout of the blocks - very unique and pretty!

Can't wait to see the finished project!!! It's going to be beautiful!

love it and realy like how u lade out u`r strips what a good ldeal

Beautiful! What a great way to organize your strips.

Amazing!

That is a different way to set it together. Never seen it done
like that before. It is really pretty.

cool way to use silver ware organizers!

Nice job. Very organized

Dang! Never thought of using silverware trsys to put strips in. What a great idea. I too can never find the strip I want because it is usually under a bunch of other stuff. Thaks for the idea. Your quilt will be gorgeous I'm sure of that. Have a great day, Huggies, Fay

Cool design! Can't wait to see it finished.

Well I pieced the first 16 blocks yesterday and put them up on the design wall then decided that the dark green in the centre of the pic of fabric didn't work. Soooo I spent all last evening doing frog stitch - ripit ripit! :mrgreen:

Annoying but the new fabric I put in it's place looks much better. Still got all those blocks to re-piece though! :shock: :lol: Here's a pic of my ONLY finished block with the new fabric in place. It is quite varigated from blue to green but over the whole quilt will blend nicely I think, and it ties in the darker turquoise on the outer log much better :-D

I believe everybody likes it. It is so beautiful and different.

I absolutely love your storage bins.. very creative for keeping everything in order.

What a great way to organize pieces for this quilt.

Hmmm... I like your organization of your strips. Thanks for the visual idea. :thumbup:

Log cabin blocks are my favorite.

Clever way to organize your strips!

love how you store you strip cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbup:

Love the Seahorse strips. What a nifty idea of storing the strips. Love this group and all the great ideas that everyone shares!

Wow, that is some organization going on.

Beautiful !!!