Today is Day Four (I think) of the Windham Fabrics blog hop using Lotta Jansdotter's latest fabrics. I chose the
Stella Collection. Windham is giving away a fat quarter bundle of these fabrics, so stay with me!
You may remember this collection from a few months ago. I shared how I made some 10" off center log cabin blocks with a fat quarter bundle. Let's see those fabrics again:
I showed the steps I used to make my blocks using two different sized strips. This was so much fun that I continued sewing until I literally ran out of fabric!
Let's see what I mean
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3" center square and 2" fat logs of a darker color |
Then I added 1-1/2" light colored logs; then another round of dark "fat" logs
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Keep adding logs to two sides ONLY of the center square, which btw, is no longer in the center!!! |
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When beginning with a light center square, you end with light colored strips |
I made 8 blocks with a light center and 8 blocks with a dark center.
I sewed them into a quilt center using a theme I like to call:
When Four Blocks Become Five
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Sweet Baby Logs quilt center |
I added borders, again only using the fat quarters, so that limited me to pieces. So, I stayed with the 10" length of the blocks. I quilted it the other day on my Handi Quilter Sweet 16. Isn't she lovely? I changed the name from Amazing Logs to Sweet Baby Logs because the fabrics are soft colors that make me think of little babies (and my grandchildren!).
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Sweet Baby Logs: 44" x 44" |
This is now a 9 page pattern I offer at my Craftsy site. It gives detailed instructions for cutting and stitching the blocks (using all the pictures I had here two months ago; that post is no longer available).
These blocks are so much fun to make and work so well with fat quarters. One fat quarter EACH of a light and a dark will make four blocks.
And what about the grays? Did I do something with those? Glad you asked! As you can see, I haven't finished the last two dark gray blocks or the last two light gray blocks, but you can see how the mirror images work with my pattern.
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Extra blocks. Not sure what I'll do with them |
Visit the Windham Facebook page and tell them you like these Stella Fabrics. Come back here and tell me if you've ever made a Log Cabin quilt. Contest is over Monday August 24, midnight.