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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
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 Posted - Jan 01 2007 : 2:38:01 PM
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I spent some of last week sorting and finishing up old projects. I haven't been quilting very long so my WIP list wasn't too bad. Yesterday I went through some Quilt mags and books and picked out some projects I'd like to do. No pressure, just wanted to see what caught my eye...
So today I started cutting for a log cabin quilt. Most of what I made last year were little projects or things I made up to accomadate the material I had. I really wanted to try a tradition pattern. The Log Cabin is one that always catches my eye...so here goes!!!!
Have any of you made this pattern? (I'm sure someone has!) and do you have any pictures to share and/or advice for a newbie?
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suzyhomemaker
True Blue Farmgirl
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Clare
Tyler Hill
PA
USA
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Posted - Jan 01 2007 : 2:57:56 PM
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Hi, Bonnie. I have not made the famed Log Cabin quilt, but I have made the Courthouse Steps block. It is very similar only you do two sides at a time and then the opposite two sides.
I think you will really like this pattern. My friends place darks in a bag and lights in another and just pull the strips out to use as they go. Chain piecing is defintely the way to do this one.
Happy quilting.
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Jan 01 2007 : 3:04:35 PM
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Bonnie, the Log Cabin pattern is one of my favorites because it has so many options in setting the blocks together. I do have one hanging on my wall, and I will try to take a picture and post it. No promises, haven't done that before!
I have done "cabins" both traditionally pieced and paper-pieced. Sometimes, I do strip-piecing, which is that I sew a strip onto the block and then cut to fit. The only word of advice is to establish a system so that you are sewing the pieces on in the right order. It can be easy to get turned around -- and I do hate to rip out seams! I draw a sample block on a piece of paper and number the pieces and whether they are dark or light.... 1D, 2L, 3D, 4L etc. It can serve as a reference if you forget where you are in the sewing process.
I got an unfinished project from the closet yesterday and began working on it again. Of course, whatever plans I had for it in the first place have long since been forgotten, so I am reinventing the design! That's the fun of quilting!
Enjoy!
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jan 01 2007 : 3:50:11 PM
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I love Log Cabin quilts! That has always been one of my favorite patterns...in fact, the quilt on my bed is a log cabin in dark blues and greens. I strip peice mine. I would love to see pictures as yours progresses!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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newheart
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Margie
Owings Mills
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Jan 03 2007 : 2:28:06 PM
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Bonnie, I have made probably 10 log cabin quilts, My all time favorite.. I learned to do it from an Amish lady in Kinzer PA....I found it so easy and less stress-ful than anything with circles and curves...
margie
Love of friends and family makes the world go round..and always a little Chocolate.
margie
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pinkroses
True Blue Farmgirl
2350 Posts
Sheila
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jan 03 2007 : 4:41:21 PM
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I have made 10 full size quilts. and have yet to make this pattern. Lol.
I did try some small sample blocks and it was easy.
I think it would be an easy block pattern too. pinkroses |
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Nicie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Lincoln
NE
USA
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Posted - Jan 03 2007 : 5:07:49 PM
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I would love to make a log cabin quilt. It's on my list to make.
Denise
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Jan 04 2007 : 12:31:30 AM
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I would like to have a log cabin, then maybe one of you could make me a log cabin quilt to put in it.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 4:47:34 PM
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Hey Bonnie - how's your Log Cabin quilt coming along? I have been collecting men's silk ties and I believe I have enough for a quilt. I think Log Cabin might just be the right pattern for the colors and patterns of these ties.
Sandy
I'd get a face lift - but then it wouldn't match my body! |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2007 : 03:06:12 AM
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Oh Sandy, I am still cutting...I have been working on Valentine's cards!!! But I have a 3 day weekend coming up so I should get the cutting finished.
I would have never thought of using ties, how pretty that will be!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2007 : 05:00:18 AM
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I spent yesterday cutting strips...I am still on my lights, have red & blues to go! I know some people cute 2 or 3 strips at a time, but My accuracy kind of goes down hill when I do that!
So I sat at my table and cut while watching westerns!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Jan 14 2007 : 06:16:02 AM
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Bonnie,
Your blog looks so nice!!! I checked it all out. good job. Keep cutting those stripes want to see the quilt when its done. I would prefer to see it here in my house, but from afar is good too. Now about the westerns?
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Jan 14 2007 : 08:50:29 AM
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I know Nancy Jo, kind of odd...But I LOVE John Wayne Westerns! They were on all day yesterday! Yahoo! I mean I love Little House, and Little Women and a good Kate Hepburn movie, or Carey Grant, but I ADORE John Wayne westerns! I have nothing to say for myself!!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
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