Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
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Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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Limbania, I like your blocks. I am especially partial to candy corn. I have a very big sweet tooth.
Thanks to all for your encouragement and advise. I am taking it all in and putting many of the ideas to work. First of all, like I said, using Nancy's EQ7 setting block design is giving me opportunity to add more color - both light and dark. That in itself dilutes the effect of the green.
Here's a beginning idea of what that will do.
But if you take a closer look you might think I took Rosemary's advise "less whine and more wine" to heart. Here's a closer look.
I want you all to know I am mending my ways. Did some ripping and from now on all the blocks should tip in the same direction. I'll keep you posted. Actually, I managed being topsy turvy with nothing on board other than my morning coffee.
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Lois - I think your quilt just keeps getting better and better! While I like the secondary design that I'm getting by turning all of my blocks in the same direction, it might be interesting to mock up a few more blocks with the opposite rotations. These will give a different secondary design that will have rotating V's in it. Might be interesting, too.
Nancy
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I just got last week's blocks done!
A couple of the blocks are pretty low contrast, but I actually like how a scrappy quilt looks with a mixture of high and low contrast blocks, so I'm happy with that. (Or I'm just doing my usual justification so that I don't have to make any extra blocks!)
I love log cabin blocks, so I'm really looking forward to this week's blocks! I already have my color placements picked out and hope to start putting them together tomorrow.
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Hi Lois - I just did a quick mock-up of the quilt using blocks that rotate in different directions and I really like that setting! Here it is in my colors since I was too lazy to recolor everything with your colors:
So, you might want to think about keeping your blocks with the different rotations.
Nancy
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Nancy and Lois, I like the blocks rotating in different directions. That's what I did with some of mine. You will have to wait until next week to see them, as they are used in place of the sashing.
I finished my log cabin blocks last week. I haven't made very many log cabin quilts or blocks. And most of what I've done have been paper pieced. I figure if you have to square them up after adding each strip you might as well paper piece them so you don't have to be stressed over exact seam allowances, especially the smaller block sizes which I am more likely to make. I followed Laura's instructions for these, that is until I got to the last round. My blocks were going to end up slightly small in places so when I did the last round I placed the strip on top, pulling it slightly away from the edge. That gave me the little extra I needed for the block to finish at the right size.
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Originally posted by rehakLois - I think your quilt just keeps getting better and better! While I like the secondary design that I'm getting by turning all of my blocks in the same direction, it might be interesting to mock up a few more blocks with the opposite rotations. These will give a different secondary design that will have rotating V's in it. Might be interesting, too.
Nancy
I just looked back and see that you've already done that. That's really neat.
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Hi Annis - Your log cabin blocks look great! It's funny how the coloring of the blocks is so different in the two pictures, but I finally figured out they were the same blocks and it was just the pictures. And really funny that I loved both colorings!
I've worked on several log cabin quilts and I like Judy Martin's method where you cut the logs to the proper size, using the most stable grain along the longer side of the log. Then make sure you use a perfect 1/4" seam allowance to make the block and it will come out perfect. Having the logs precut allows you to see immediately if your seam allowance is a little too big or too small because each new log lines up where you made your last seam. I feel like I really found my 1/4" while making my Judy Martin log cabin quilt and, although not perfect, all of my piecing has been better since working on that one.
Look forward to seeing everyone else's blocks!
Nancy
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Originally posted by ReetzbobeetzAnnis, I love your log cabin blocks, I am so looking forward to seeing your finished quilt. So do you think we need to sew these blocks with a scant 1/4"?
I didn't realize the coloring was different on the 2 pictures until after I posted them. They were taken in different rooms with different lighting. It was too late to retake the pictures as the blocks have already been sewn into the quilt.
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Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
or not. If... -
Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
with the blanket... -
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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