I am ashamed to admit there are no real progress photos of this quilt! I needed a quick fix of mindless piecing and grabbed my box of home made (using up stash) pre cut 2.5" strips. I had a plan (e.g. pattern) for log cabins using red and green fabric with stars at the intersection of the blocks. I didn't give a lot of thought to contrast and therefore the original plan failed.
So I had to move to plan B, plain Jane log cabin blocks. Well, first good friend Lisa came around and provided the motivation to make up a plan B! Prior to that there was great temptation to stuff them in a corner and ignore them! So first some unpicking. And a bit of rethinking, but not too much!
Some blocks are "red" and others "green", but in the end the mix works really well. Mind you that blue/green strip sticks out more then you would think! The blocks are suppose to be 12" finished but I had to trim them back a tad, so the flimsy comes in at 59" x 71". Not bad and I used up loads of scrap!
No border required, I am done with this top! It might be pushing my luck, but hoping for a suitable backing in my stash!
Next: I made up these little stars, rotary cut (with a freezer paper template) and machine stitched. The next step is backing, stuffing and a button is sewed in the center, hiding all imperfections ; )
I am hoping these can serve as cute Christmas Tree decorations - the pattern is from Kim Diehl's new book "Simple Christmas Tidings".
Happy quilting Sue.
Thank goodness for friends that give fresh eyes to our projects and help us not give up. Your log cabin quilt looks very festive, and the blue/green strip just makes it a true scrap quilt.
ReplyDeleteThose little stars look like they will be very cute on a treetop!