Blue and white log cabin project start

 Good day, and welcome to my blog!

I have made several log cabin quilts recently, and I have started another one - in blue and white, with a yellow center.  I am using my large stash of reproduction fabric - late 1800's and early 1900's style.

The 'logs' are 1 inch wide, finished.  The block is 10 inches square, finished.  Here is how four blocks together look:

My previous log cabin quilts have been set in a straight furrow setting but I am liking this arrangement!

Since I have my blue and white fabrics out I also starting cutting for Bonnie Hunter's Silk Path pattern.  No measurements here - check out her pattern for sale.  All strips, no triangles!

I have also started a green and white log cabin project - a baby quilt.  This one has a deadline - late January the baby is due!  More on this in a later blog posting.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Why I still don't have a finish

Short version: Flood in the basement due to a busted water heater!  The water heater was in an unfinished room in the basement, but the water seeped under the walls into the finished part of the basement, both the family room and hobby room, which contains my sewing area.  The sewing area now looks like:

On lower left:  Pile of basement items taking up space I use to lay out blocks and projects.  Middle: Piles of completed quilts, and some tops.  Table:  My sewing machine, back up machine, and things whisked off the floor before water could spread. Upper right: Brown bookcase blocking access to sewing table and ironing board.

It's been like this for 2 weeks, and likely to be this way for at least two more weeks.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt and stamp posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

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No finish this week - flood!

 Good day, and welcome to no progress in my sewing area!

Last Thursday the 25 year old water heater decided to leak catastrophically.  Water everywhere in the unfinished room where it resided - but the water spread out under the walls and into the finished part of the basement. It got very close to my sewing area, and some fabric on the floor got damp.  Reminder to self: pick up the fabric pieces and reshelve them!

All sorts of items are piled in my sewing nook, on the table, and in the staging area where I lay out blocks and tops.  No work here for awhile.  PS. the basement is now dry.

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A finish: Film at Five Pattern

 Welcome back to my blog!  I have been very busy in my day job but I have a finish to report.

In looking back at my blog entries I found that I started this Film at Five project (Pattern from Wedding Dress Blue Blog) in Spring of 2020, in the heart of Covid lockdown.  I used scraps and pieces of vintage fabric, and for background I used unbleached muslin that was left over from quilt backs.  No stores were open so I had to dig through my off cuts to get enough for the size I wanted.  Here is the final finished quilt, approximately 75 inches square:

Well, a bit of keystoning there!  A closer view is below.  I used smaller squares that the pattern called for, and adjusted my piecing.

I like the "Sprocket" borders.  Just one more close up:

Showing the vintage fabrics and feedsacks that I used.  This is quilted by a local long armer that I use frequently - she does a great job.  The quilting is a pattern of simple leaves on a vine.  The quilt has a thin cotton batting and is bound in the same fabric as the background fabric - more leftover quilt backing.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt and stamp posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

Viridian