Quilting: Colorful Log Cabin

WORK IN PROGRESS

I started a quilt this weekend (well my weekend - Monday/Tuesday). The fabric was purchased online at Hawthorne Threads my new favorite website. I got all of the fabric for the top cut and I sewed all the center pieces together. I finished one block just to see how it would look. It will consist of 81 blocks - 10 inch each. The top will have the flower fabric run the width. It will be a queen size quilt for my bed.

I have not selected the color of the thread I am going to quilt with, I will have to experiment. I am thinking I might even go for a dark thread color to match the very deep purple color of the shadows in the flowers. I think the binding will end up being magenta to match the centers of the flowers and blocks. I also haven’t decided on the fabric for the back, but I think I might order the light blue background/darker blue polka dot fabric that matches the top half of the flower border fabric in hopes that that fabric won’t look so random at the top.

Quilting: Quilting Bee/Sew2Speak

FINISHED

I finished my blocks for my first quilting bee. It was my first time doing the wonky log cabin style block. The block on the top was my first one. You can see my second one is a lot scrappier. I was running out of fabric to get the 12 inch block completed. I actually really like how it ended up turning out though. It was fun. I’m excited for next month.

The rest of the group is getting theirs done and posting them on flickr at Sew2Speak. I will get my squares in the mail tomorrow to get them back to their owner. It will be interesting to see them all together.