Tuesday 13 February 2018

Log cabin being built

When I wrote my last post I wasn't sure what I would be working on first. There are just so many lovely projects in my Finish-A-Long* (or WIP, UFO...) list!

It turns out that I have spent the most time with the log cabin blocks.

On my Finish-A-Long list it looked like this:

fabrics pulled

mock-up of a block

mock-up of how blocks would look together

In practice I went for wider strips, and more variation in the width of the strips. I took out some of the fabrics from the initial selection as well. And I have ended up with this:


I hope you get the idea, a grey day is not the best for sharp photographs indoors, unfortunately!

I am still debating what to do with the blocks. Initially, the idea was to just stitch them together, but I feel they need some calming, so I am on the lookout for a fabric to sash them with (I have an idea of what I want, just need to lay my hands on it). I really love the colours, and it was such fun to sew the log cabins. Just sewing on whichever next strip I fancied, and sometimes sewing them in a different order than is usual for a traditional log cabin block, made this a pure joy to make! Only now I feel I have been too irregular and have ended up with chaos.

Lesson learned: If you want to end up with "irregular" you have to have "regular" as a basis.

No harm, I am sure it will end up being just perfect, and probably a bit bigger than I initially thought as a bonus.

Back to sewing now, of course! I have another project to be working on...

Sandra

*wondering what the Finish-A-Long is about? See my Finish-A-Long page.
  And of course,
     WIP = Work In Progress
     UFO = UnFinished Object

3 comments:

  1. The variation in width is great and the subtle shades are lovely together.What colour sashing will you use?

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  2. Those are beautiful fabrics. Good progress on that project!

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  3. You know, these are the colors of your next post - the one about your flowers peeking through the snow.

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