The fruits of my week Up North: 100 Log Cabin blocks, made entirely from my scrap bin. Talk about my back pages! It was fun to dig through to see what was in the bin--lots of surprises.
I wasn't sure just how many 1.5 inch strips it took to make a bed-sized Log Cabin, but I'm here to tell you that I probably have enough strips for AT LEAST three more quilts. 100 blocks barely made a dent!
I decided to throw caution to the winds in making the blocks: I sewed with long strips and trimmed after each strip was added. I just couldn't face pre-cutting all those logs. Ugh.
But it's like Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later--not pre-cutting the logs necessitated spending more time with the truing up process. So timewise, perhaps it's a wash. Or put another way, there is no free lunch. Still, I think it was more fun to root through the bin as I sewed to see what treasures (or horrors) lurked within.
And to bore my friends with the fascinating tales of where and why I had bought each fabric. LOL
A scrap quilt like this is moral high ground and entitlement to buy more fabric. Not a quilt that will break any new ground, but I'm having fun with it.
Can't wait to lay out the blocks and see just what I've got.
7 comments:
I recently made an Off Centered Log Cabin....I didn't want to cut out the logs either, so I paper pieced. Still had to work, getting the papers off, but I like the freedom of digging through the scrap basket too! I just LOVE scrap quilts.
I love log cabin quilts, but especially scrappy ones. I never precut, of course!!
Lookin' good! And what a nice big stack of blocks! I love those kinds of quilts, and I love making those kinds of blocks. I bored my friends at retreat silly when I did the same thing! But, I had a blast. And no, I don't pre-cut either.
pre-cutting? bah! I'd love to sew at a table nearby and have you tell me stories about your fabrics!
For a 'regular' log cabin, I've learned to precut -- otherwise they have a tnedancy to GROW! for me.
Good job on the scrap reduction - this will be a great quilt all made up.
I hope you'll put a picture up of the finished quilt. Scrappy log cabins are great. The blocks look great!
I think scrap quilts are the most fun to make.
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