As I've already written about my favourite quilt , this time I've chosen a log cabin, another quilt that really tried my patience (!) as the logs were only 3/4" finished which not only took forever to cut and piece but - all that pressing !!!!
I just love the placement of the blocks, which I found in a very old Quiltmaker magazine I 'inherited' from a quiltie friend here in Brittany and as this has now been passed on ( English language quilting mags are very precious here in France !!) I can't tell you which issue it was! Every time I look at this quilt I can see something different as there are stars and diamonds, squares and triangles, some straight furrows, sunshine & shadows and maybe even a little barn raising? All this in one quilt - it doesn't get much better than that !!
I also made my first pieced back for this quilt, nothing very flash, but just one big log cabin type block to make the fabric go a little further which works for me !
In spite of the scorched fingers (!) it was certainly worth the time & trouble and has become a firm favourite of mine and most of the family, which is why it still lives with me and hasn't found a new home as I am too much of a coward to decided who to give it too!
24 comments:
This is a beautiful quilt. I like the log cabin as there are many settings for the blocks. 3/4" are pretty small strips, you deserve a medal!
I love the setting you chose for your blocks. One of the first quilts I made was a log cabin except my strips were 2" wide!
I love that quilt! I have a UFO log cabin. I have about half of the blocks finished and could never figure out which setting that I wanted to do with them but after seeing yours, I think I have decided to set it up like that!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Kristie
I love log cabin quilts, yours is beautiful!
Love the quilt! Just beautiful!
I made a log cabin with 1 1/2" strips and that was a lot of pressing--your poor fingers definitely must have gotten heatstroke! The setting is very unusual and definitely always interesting to look at. Thanks for sharing your quilt's story.
Great quilt. I love log cabin quilts
Love and hugs Gina xxx
Log cabins look great when they are finished, but they drive me batty while I do them! Your's has come up very nicely, I quite like the strong red centre square with all that white.
This is a beautiful quilt :0)
Beautiful! This is what I recently heard called a "classic quilt".
I visited Brittany two years ago and loved it. Thanks for the lovely pictures.
Log cabins are so classic. Your quilt is wonderful.
Carol
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Your log-cabin quilt is lovely. I like the star in the middle - Hugs Natima
WOW That is impressive, all those small pieces. It really is lovely.
You did an awesome job on that quilt. I love the logcabin! That baby would stay home!
Very lovely quilt.
Lovely!! I love this wonderfully different log cabin quilt! (btw, I also showed a different log cabin!)
I love the colors you chose. Very pretty!
Wow--that is a lot of little pieces! Beautifully done.
So pretty. I love your log cabin blocks and the fabrics. Thanks for sharing.
Log cabin is one of my very favorite patterns and yours is very pretty. Thanks for sharing your beautiful quilt.
Regards,
Anna
Ooh! the setting and colours and block placement are all beautiful. simply gorgeous...
I love log cabin quilts. And yours has such a nice difference in values between the lights and darks! Marvelous results. I would have a hard time giving it away too, if it were mine!
Your quilt is beautiful! I hope it stays in your family for a long, long time!
That is really beautiful and I love how you did the back!
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