Monday, October 1, 2018

Log Cabin Loonies

My basket of 1" strips ready to sew
I was reading Quilting is More Fun than Housework (which is a great name for a blog!) late last week and came across a project called Log Cabin Loonies hosted on JulieKQuilts. There was a post back in August about making little log cabin blocks from strings and I was totally inspired!
I have a HUGE bag of strips/scraps that I have been saving to make string quilts from. I have made a couple string quilts in recent years but the bag is so full you can't even tell I have used any of them. This weekend I pressed a bunch of the scraps and cut 1" strips out of them (in white/cream and in colors that I thought looked good together) and put them in a pretty basket.

I decided to use bright pink for all my centers and cut a bunch of squares from a few different pinks from the scrap bag. I made a test block (as JulieK recommends) which was an excellent thing because when it was made I didn't like the way the 1.5" center square looked in my block. I made a second test block with a 1" center square and liked it much better. I have made 6 little log cabins so far and have materials prepped and ready to sew for lots more.
6 scrappy log cabin blocks
I am linking up with Log Cabin Loonies and Oh Scrap! and am looking forward to fun with log cabin blocks in the coming weeks!

5 comments:

  1. Hurray! I am so happy to see you joined in. Your blocks are looking so happy and bright. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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    1. I've been reading Oh Scrap for a while -- glad I found a project to link up.

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  2. I just love your blocks!! So glad you are quilting along!!!! By the way...you won a prize from Log Cabin Loonies...please send me your address!!

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    1. That's wonderful, thanks! I sent my address via email.

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  3. Love them Mary! You have me tempted to make some :)

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