Log cabins and ?

Hello All,

 I've just kept on playing with my scraps. I see these little pieces of favorite fabrics and just have to do something with them.

 I have these log cabin blocks.

And here is a few that are smaller.

Then I did these blocks. I took a Greek Cross and added an extra bar to it. Not sure if these have a name or not.

And here is some in pink.

I really like these blocks. They are 4.25", so you know I used some small pieces.

I have scraps out for making 4 more of these blocks. I am going to surround a piece of embroidery with them and then make another round using the log cabins. Not sure if I am going to make more log cabins, or do something different and use the big ones in the corners. We'll see when I get there.

We've had snow, rain, sun and more snow. It's been an interesting February for us. But the mountains are getting a great snow pack, and that is so important to get us thru the hot summer.

Have a great day!



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Bloggers quilt festival, take 2

Good morning ya'all!

Amy has said we can enter two quilts into the festival, woohoo~ So I thought I'd throw in my scrappy boxes.

 It's been a few years since I've made this, but I love it and have used it as Isaiah's quilt- in- the- bed all Winter. It's the perfect size for a bitty baby.

I had a bunch of 1" in width bits of scraps that I didn't want to part with. So came up with this scrappy design.

I started with this..

Made in a rainbow of colors....

And then CUT on both diagonals!!

Made a middle...

And put it all together.

 

 Here's the back...

Name: scrappy boxes
Size: 45" square
Designed, pieced and quilted by me!

More about it here.

Thanks for stopping by! Here's a link to my first entry, if you haven't seen it already.

 

Scrappy box top2

Hello everyone,

My Scrappy Boxes is done! Well....except for the binding. I had a good time quilting it over the dreary weekend.

And the weather is still rainy and dreary, so forgive the darker photos.

I am joining up with Rachel and her Scrap Attack Festival. Thank you Rachel!

Here and here and here are the posts where I talked about my quilt and how I decided to go about cutting it up.

And this is what it looks like now. I went with pink thread, just for fun! Stitching in the ditch mostly.

 I made some 'snails' in the larger boxes in the middle of the quilt (I know, hard to see the stitching).

 I did 'snails' on the smaller ones too, stitching in the ditch.

 Here's the back, with a few leftover blocks on it.

 Here you can see my 'snails' better.....sort of. lol

 There is loads of beautiful scrap quilts joining the scrap attack, so go over and take a gander at them! Wonderful inspiration.

Have a great day!

Finished it!

Hello everyone,

I went with DRASTIC....at least, for me it is!.... You take a perfectly lovely little quilt...and CUT IT...on both diagonals....EEK!

I then made four large log cabin blocks. This enabled me to use up the last bits of some of my favorite lines...Terrain and Sunkissed, and a few others.

I sewed the big blocks in a four patch...

Then turned it on point, and used the scrappy boxes as the corners. Putting a small, solid strip between the big and little blocks.

So what do you think? I've only cut one other quilt like this. It was a mystery quilt from Jess. I tell ya, it took some doing to get myself to cut that. But, as both the mystery quilt and this one I made came out looking great, I guess it's a good thing. LOL

I'm linking up with Jenna today.
And Lee at Freshly pieced.

UPDATE: I've decided to join the Scrap Attack quilt-along over at Stitched in Color with this quilt. Thank you Rachel! What a fun idea.


Have a great day!