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peaceandjoy 09-27-2010 12:04 PM

Beautiful quilt, Scissor Queen!

My first quilt was a Log Cabin in neutrals and greens. No blue in the house any more - everything was blue for years and now I can't stand it, lol!

I used Eleanor Burns' "Quilt in a Day" book. It's very easy to follow. The logs are kind of wide, if I were doing it again - and Scissor Queen's is enough to make me want to, I'd follow the same directions but make the logs much narrower.

np3 09-27-2010 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by Scissor Queen

Originally Posted by justme2
Love the LC posted a wk or so ago,all lights & shades of blue,so pretty.Want to start on one & wondering what color would look good? Have mostly Fall shades in my bedrm. I'd use the off whites,so what to go with them & the red centers? DH says "no pink" :-).

Wish me luck.In my trunk of quilts, the one never shown is my 2nd quilt made, a LC.Poor thing.....so wonky.Hoping to do better this time.

The fall log cabin I made has dark orange, rust, burgandy, plum, brown and muddy green. They're all prints, no solids or marbles.

Beautiful quilt!

JJean 09-27-2010 12:18 PM

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I used blues, reds and some pinks.

MadQuilter 09-27-2010 12:26 PM

I did not use PP for the LC (gosh, I feel like I'm speaking in quilt code lol)

When I did mine, it was only my third quilt and I made each block instead of strip piecing. I spent a bit of time pressing and trimming each round and then making sure that I turned the block in the same direction every time. I remember marking the rows of strips so I would always know where I was and not double up/or miss the next fabric.

Scissor Queen 09-27-2010 02:28 PM

I didn't paper piece mine. I don't think I even used a pattern. You just start with a square and add logs and make sure you go around the right direction.

I know I strip pieced and shuffled my blocks so no two are identical.

Marcia_PA 09-27-2010 03:09 PM


Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I did not use PP for the LC (gosh, I feel like I'm speaking in quilt code lol)

When I did mine, it was only my third quilt and I made each block instead of strip piecing. I spent a bit of time pressing and trimming each round and then making sure that I turned the block in the same direction every time. I remember marking the rows of strips so I would always know where I was and not double up/or miss the next fabric.

Martina, love the stars in the log cabin. How do you make that row?


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