Term 3 Week 4: Log Cabin

I jumped ahead with this week as week 2 strip patchwork wanted us to use a rotary cutter- I haven't got one yet. I'm sure a rotary cutter would make creating log cabin blocks easier too but for now I just wanted to try a few things out. There are issues with accuracy that I'll sort out- but I had fun with the variations.

This was the first block I tried, making an obvious distinction between dark and light sides in a traditional block 

Top Image: This was my courthouse steps variation, with a modern crayon bright colour scheme- turquoise cotton for the centre square, two shades of a hand drawn geometric print and cherry red linen.


Middle Image: Not sure what I was thinking with the colours here but it looks better in real life. The pink is 'distressed' looking with tiny marks of silver and lime and less of a salmon shade than in the image- I'd like to try it with grays and denim shades.

Bottom Image: I think I became a bit more expressive here- pleased with the dreamy colour combination.As I get further on in the course I'd like to try a quilt with blocks like this separated with chambray sashing/borders.


These were all done without a base- but I may produce one with. I'm also thinking of quilting one of my two 'four block' samples as hinted in the instructions. Probably I'll do the courthouse steps, stitching in the ditch.

I've had fun with these ideas so far and have a lot more I want to try out. For the course I still need to produce an off centre log cabin sample.