Thursday, July 19, 2012

Log Cabin quilt with 1" strips

Here is my Edyta Sitar inspired Log Cabin quilt. I made this with 1" strips. So after both sides are sewn there is only 1/2" showing! The blocks in the corner are just some string pieced blocks. The border fabric was a leftover from eons ago. I found it in the bottom of a basket where it must have been waiting for 10+ years!

The quilt is a sweet 24" square. A perfect size for a kitty!

 I quilted each and every log. Despite it's small size it seemed to take forever to quilt it. But when I was done I was more than pleased with the end results.

 Pearl approved!!!

 A sewing machine cover???? front view
 A sewing machine cover? back view

  And here is the result of my Thangles journey. These are all batiks. I actually used every single pin in that pin cushion when prepping these for sewing!!!
I am now working on some Reproduction fabrics with varied backgrounds. After sewing just one line on the paper I am not too pleased with how these fabrics are behaving. They were pressed prior to sewing so there should be no stretching involved. Perhaps I had the stitch length too short. But the Batiks behaved well with that same setting.
I will let you all know the results of some tweaking the settings.

 I am the Hostess for the blue 2 1/2" swap on the Yahoo groups connected with Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville group. Here is the result of major pressing,cutting and packaging. A good collection of washed blue scraps and of course some blue strings for my collection!!!! WHOOHOOO!!

 I enjoy watching the Smithsonian channel. And so does MaggieMae. Honest, I found this show through the guide today. We have watched it maybe 3 or 4 times. As soon as I change the channel, here comes MaggieMae. She loves King Fishers! It must be their song on the soundtrack. She tries to get inside the TV!!! I pray that she does not knock the TV off the stand. I really like the fact that TVs are lighter. But it does make them much more of a tip danger for children and pets.

This is Macy's favorite place to nap. She has it sooooo rough!!!!

XOXOXOXO Subee

8 comments:

Kristie said...

Love your little quilt and it looks like Pearl does too! :) You have so many beautiful things in the works, I just love stopping by your blog for inspiration.

Have a wonderful and Blessed day
Kristie

Grit said...

Der Quillt ist wunderschön.
LG Grit

Janet O. said...

Did you make that cute little kitty quilt for the sewing machine or the cat? You may find the cat draped over the machine. : )

Sarah said...

It's a good thing that cat fabric waited for you...it's perfect!

Wonky Girl said...

Your cabin quilt is great. Wonderful idea to use the cat fabric, it's perfect.
Maybe some heavy starch would make the repro fabrics behave.
Thanks for all you share, love visiting your blog.

Wonky Girl said...

Your cabin quilt is great. Wonderful idea to use the cat fabric, it's perfect.
Maybe some heavy starch would make the repro fabrics behave.
Thanks for all you share, love visiting your blog.

Granny Anne said...

I love the color choices for this quilt. One day I will start a log cabin!

Elaine Adair said...

That is a lovely, lovely, lovely little quilt!!!