bearisgray

You might consider something asymetrical so that if the backing does not line up perfectly - your backing will still look "intentional" -

I am attaching an illustration of what I mean - -

Mkotch

I was going to suggest Court House steps, too, but I really like that asymmetrical design. Good ideas for using up odd stash!

lindaschipper

Daffy Daphne....love your log cabin bench pad! We have an Amish made church pew that has a seat that opens for hidden storage in the foyer, now I'm thinking about a pad for that seat!!

JENNR8R

The way I would do it is to start with a rectangle instead of a square center for the log cabin block. That way it would more evenly take up the quilt back. I wouldn't make the block as big as the backing though. I'd put an outside border of one color fabric to frame the log cabin block to make it the size I wanted.

I've drawn an example on graph paper to illustrate what I mean. My imaginary quilt top measures 84" x 92." I want an extra four inches on each side so my quilt back should measure 92" x 100."

I've started my log cabin block center with a 8" x 12" rectangle. I keep adding logs on the sides that measure 8" wide. The logs on the top and bottom measure 12" high. My finished log cabin block measures 64" x 84." I add side border fabric that is 14" wide and top/bottom border fabric that is 8" high. That would make the backing the 92" x 100" size that I wanted.

ccthomas

Nice log cabin rectangle center block.

Jingle

Gorgeous seat cushion.

minibarn

Thank you ladies for the drawings, helps me out so much and I really like all the ideas. I need to see how much of the Christmas fabric I have left over and that will help me decide how to proceed. Or would it be really dumb to use totally different fabrics for the back so that it becomes a reversible quilt, maybe Fall or Spring colors, so it can be used longer?

BTW, CCThomas I really like the bench and pad also, thanks for sharing.

bearisgray

Makes sense to me.

Daffy Daphne

Thank you for the nice comments on my deacon's bench cushion. I have to share that it went through a minor rehabilitation a few years ago. DH accidentally left an uncapped pen on it, and somehow a book landed on top of the pen, forcing the point into the cushion. Washing didn't take the ink out, and I thought it was ruined!

The repair was akin to altering clothing, which I loathe, but I gritted my teeth and did it. These are the pieces of fabric and batting I took out:

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Daffy

Barb_MO

You could do one big log cabin Block, set it on point and then instead of add triangles to fill out the corners, use solid logs to extend to the length you need. Or if that doesn't work on the top and bottom, add strips top and bottom