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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

LOG CABIN COWS

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!

A lovely holiday season with such good memories:







Market Bags made from my otherwise discarded rice bags

 

Concluding 2014...

These bags are too lovely to throw!
I participated in a Holiday Art Faire in another artist's home at the beginning of December and I made some money (so I can resupply!). I found customers and other artists at the Faire most interested in: 3-dimensional houses, market bags, holiday-themed coasters, wall decor, homemade ornaments, a prize-winning red and white tablerunner, and machine-embroidered hand towels.

After the Faire, I've continued English paper-piecing hexagons and other shapes (an easy activity to travel with and I find hand-sewing calming).

One of my current goals in the next few months is to bring some quilts to completion. I added another border to my heart quilt and would like to quilt it on a longarm machine if I can find one to use. I have at least 3 other quilts of various sizes to complete.

Log Cabin Cows

My neighbor, knowing that I like to quilt, offered me some of her fabric scraps a few years ago. Some are probably about 30 years old because they are obviously children's prints from years gone by. The motifs of a few of the fabrics inspired me to combine them. I fussy cut the farm animals, in this case, cows, featured in the center of the log cabin block (surrounding fabrics: red with tiny white dots, black with white "cow" spots), each one being a little wonky at 1.75"x 1.75" (more or less):


Log Cabin block with fussy-cut wonky cow centers measuring about 10" finished
When I put all the blocks together, I have fun combinations like these:


I've run out of the feature fabric in the center, so I had to "cheat" or improvise on 2 blocks by using a plain blue square of fabric in the center so I would have an even twelve 10" blocks. I think they're cute and I love the many patterns log cabin blocks can make. These are not quilt-quality fabrics, but they'll have to do. I'm a bit worried about the red fabric running in the wash someday. I might presoak the blocks in vinegar to set the colors.

Happy creating!

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11 comments:

  1. VeraJanuary 13, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    There is always so many options, right! Happy New Year to you too!

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    1. RunningHenJanuary 13, 2015 at 9:26 PM

      Thanks for stopping by, Vera. Yes, I don't know which I'll choose. Log cabin can be so dynamic.

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  2. JasmineJanuary 13, 2015 at 10:27 PM

    Log cabins are fun to play with layouts. Have you decided which way you are going to do it?

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    1. RunningHenJanuary 14, 2015 at 11:16 AM

      Hi Jasmine, of COURSE, I haven't decided. That's what keeps me from finishing my projects, I think. :-P Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 13, 2015 at 10:38 PM

    What a lovely blocks and I like all designs.Do not worry about bleeding, there are a lot of tips on the internet too solve that problem. Love to see the finished quilt.

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    1. RunningHenJanuary 14, 2015 at 11:16 AM

      I appreciate your confidence in those fabrics, Maartje, I'll have to do more research. Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. JereenaJanuary 14, 2015 at 7:11 AM

    Congratulaions on your daughter's Wedding.
    These are fun combinations. Wonder what you choose.

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    1. RunningHenJanuary 14, 2015 at 11:18 AM

      Hi Jereena, thank u for the congrats. It is wonderful to celebrate. About the quilt blocks...I wonder which layout I'll choose, too! It's so hard for me to commit. Maybe I need to make many more log cabin quilts so I can do all the combos, ha!ha!

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  5. Cynthia Brunz DesignsJanuary 14, 2015 at 5:30 PM

    What fun blocks and great layout combinations you have come up with. Thanks for sharing on Oh Scrap!

    And congratulations on your daughter's wedding.

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  6. magistraJanuary 31, 2015 at 12:09 PM

    Your colors really caught my eye and I had to look! Love it, there are cows involved! I also love your cool houses down below!

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    1. RunningHenJanuary 31, 2015 at 7:18 PM

      Thanks for stoppping by! I was at a quilt retreat this past week. A quilt shop owner asked me to teach a class this summer on those houses :) I'm glad you enjoyed the cows. I've got chickens & pigs, too, all of which I'm still working on.

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