Flower Sugar and a Curvy Log Cabin Quilt
Following on from this week's Sunday Stash (Flower Sugar by Lecien) blog post it was almost inevitable that once this fabric was anywhere near my cutting table it had to be cut into. And so I did. I quickly decided that it was once again time to work with the traditional log cabin block as it is the perfect way to feature and contrast these colorful fabrics. Contrasting saturated prints with with solid/light fabrics guarantees a fresh and striking result.
The traditional log cabin is such a versatile block! You can create endless variations in color/fabric placement, variation in construction (including Courthouse Steps and Pineapple Blocks), and then create endless quilt layout patterns.
6" Curvy Log Cabin Trimming tool.
This quilt top is made from traditional Log Cabin Blocks (with strips sewn clock-wise around a center square) but I have varied the width of the strips; alternating narrow strips with wider strips to create the illusion of curves. I am all for making my sewing life (and my life in general) easier so I have used this nifty trimming tool by Creative Grids to make my blocks. The 6" Curvy Log Cabin Trim Tool allows you to oversize the width of both the wide and narrow strips and then after each round (of four strips) you accurately trim the block. Over-sizing and trimming really suits my sewing style so this tool meets my needs perfectly. Not essential, but certainly handy.
The ruler looks more complicated to use than it actually is. You simply place the ruler on the center square as indicated on the ruler (round 1, 2, or 3) and trim. Instructions are included with the ruler. I purchased my ruler from The Fat Quarter Shop (also available for 8" finished blocks).
For the narrow strips I have used two Kona Cotton solid fabrics - Kona White and Kona Silver -and I have alternated the color of the center square, and then the layout of the blocks, so that at no point two the same color narrow strips are next to one another.
The wider strips are predominantly fabrics from the Fall 2014 Flower Sugar collection by Lecien, with the addition of several prints from earlier Flower Sugar collection.
64 Curvy Log Cabin Blocks each block measures 6.5 inches x 6.5 inches quilt top measures 48.5 inches x 48.5 inches 832 pieces
many hours of patchwork piecing
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RELEVANT LINKS:
Creative Grids Curvy Trimming Tool @ The Fat Quarter Shop
More RPQ Log Cabin Quilt Projects
Flower Sugar Fall 2014 by Lecien
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