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a giant echino log cabin quilt

Posted on June 3, 2009

I finished another one I’d been neglecting… thanks to Jacquie for motivation in the form of Spring to Finish!

The fabrics in this one are all Etsuko Furuya – many different pieces I’ve been collecting here and there – and the idea for the giant log cabin was Morgan’s (and he was right – I think it turned out great!). I wanted to keep my favorite piece intact – the bird on a ball in the ivory color – so this became the center of the log cabin. I started from the center and worked out, adding on strips of various widths, and piecing in a few other smaller pieces.

We took it out the other day for some photos and came across this field of chives which were all in bloom. I think it might have been someone’s backyard, so I suppose that means I was probably trespassing…

Cool though, right? Oh, wait… you wanted to see pictures of quilts, not chives? Ok, ok…

I planned on quilting it with a spiral square out from the center, but then ultimately decided to just stipple it. I think I would have liked the spiral square, but I had a strong suspicion that I would have spent some time with the seam ripper first! (just a hunch!)

For the back, I used this great Robert Kaufman Linen/Cotton blend in the color flax. It matches quite well with the natural color used in many of the echino prints. I added in this strip of log cabin blocks…

and a nice stripey binding to complete it all!

Oh, and it measures about 50″ x 65″

mini spotted squares

Posted on June 1, 2009

mini-spotted-squares

I never expected to make a quilt this small, but now that I have, I might be hooked! They’re quick to start and finish, and a great way to try out new techniques, and most of all, they’re super cute! When I told Morgan what I was making, he looked at me like I was crazy – “but what are you going to do with it?”, he kept asking.Â (I think he’s afraid I’m going to start decorating all our walls with quilted projects!)

He needn’t be worried, as this little quilt was made for a certain blogger I met online. (“But what’s she doing to do with it?”, asks Morgan) She’s read my blog almost since the beginning and then recently went out of her way to send me some of my favorite fabrics. This little thank you is a bit delayed, but hopefully will be enjoyed nonetheless.

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I decided to do another version of the spotted squares quilt, since I recall her really liking that quilt. In fact, back when I made that quilt, she sent me the most sincere email about how much she liked it – I was so pleased to hear that someone else liked it as much as I did!

This one has a similar look, but I decided on some random straight & curved quilting lines. I had wanted to try it out for some time, and I love the result! The back is a solid I had left over, along with a few scraps from the front. It measures 16″ x 21″.

IÂ hope you love it Amy, and if, like Morgan, you don’t know what to do with it, putting it away in a closet is ok! (Or maybe it could cover one of Quinn’s dolls?)

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and the winner is…

Posted on June 1, 2009

What a fun giveaway! It was great to hear from so many of you!

I let random.org select the winning number this morning –

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Lucky #133! Congratulations Christina! I hope you’ll have fun using these great fabrics!

And for those who didn’t win, be sure to check back – I think today actually marks one year of blogging for me (and just over 200 posts!) and I’m certainly going to have to do something to celebrate both milestones! I just need to figure out what…

While we’re talking about giveaways, take a look at one I won recently from the talented Eddie Ross –

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I watched him on Top Design, and was always amazed at his talent! I enjoy reading his blog for great design ideas, and being a lover of flea markets, I love seeing what he’s picked up during his flea market trips. I was thrilled to find out that I had won these beautiful berry spoons! Thanks Eddie!

And speaking of flea markets, we came across a sale this weekend at an old inn (ok, we didn’t just come across it, in reality I made Morgan drive me the 30 miles because they had posted there would be fabric for sale… though it turned out not to be the kind of fabric I was after!) I did find this great large enamel bowl though, so it certainly wasn’t a wasted trip.

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