Super 7s 40 … and 41!

Time to diet … half as many virtual quilt designs from now on.

(But diets always get broken!)

I love sharing two or more designs a day … but sometimes upload time isn’t available, sometimes computer/internet at fault, sometimes real life just gets in the way, so I am not putting myself under the pressure to share two a day everyday.

So, from today, you will get two if I have a willing computer and time to have fun!

I will be using some of the time I would otherwise spend on the boring bits of selecting and uploading designs preparing other stuff to share … including the booklet I mentioned yesterday.

Red and Green Quilts 11 and 12

I like it like that!

Like this too!

Another free block available.

Get it while you can.

And a booklet coming sometime in the not too distant future showing a multitude of ways to use the block patterns.

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I have borrowed some words from Wayne Kollinger

Never
Try Anything New

Never
Do Something Different

Never
Take A Chance

Take a look at what he was talking about.

Irish Log Cabin 25 and 26

Remember why this series started?

So what happened?

It was just going to be something for just one day, but decided to continue the series, and now have decided make it part of the middle of the week spot with the rest of the virtual Log Cabin designs.

This way I get to use two at a time!

TNT Logs 22 and 23

Interesting.

Much more interesting!

Did you know that there are over 500 different virtual quilt designs featuring Log Cabin blocks on this blog?

I didn’t until a little while ago when I was looking for a picture to illustrate something and opened the picture file on my computer which contains all the virtual quilt designs I have used here.

So, why not make your Log Cabin quilt a bit different to the usual ones out there.

Bright life + 13, 13 a, 14 and 14a

Bright and lots of fun.

Lots of fun to swap colours.

Now it just so pretty and romantic.

Back to bright colours again.

Now very faded.

(Extreme washing!)

I would prefer living with the pale and pretty.

I like the contrast in the bright versions, but that contrast needs work in the pretty ones.

Something else I would do to refine the last design … make the floral border wider. It is the same dimensions as the bright version of the design, but the balance has been altered by putting the dark in the centre of the design in the light version.

EQ 4s 11 and 12

The corners are holding everything in place!

The corners are still holding on!

Without the second block design I can see a wonderful clear space for quilting … or a simple, small applique.

Might have to try placing that shape in the centre of a design.

Autumn Daze 32 and 33

Dancing stars.

Would be a good looking quilt on a bed, either patchwork and applique or a rich embroidered fabric.

As always, I love this series.

Red and Green Quilts 9 and 10

Elegant.

My red and green designs have a lot more green than most red and green quilts … I think my colour preference is showing!

This one looks more like an album quilt … but usually an album quilt is made using all different blocks, like a sampler quilt.

Perhaps this is a Formal Album … more planned than just an album quilt.

New block pattern sheet is available … get it while you can.

I have started designing with just the blocks I have shared, but the current offerings will start disappearing as more pattern sheets are added.

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Judy Martin has a You Tube Channel.

Judy Martin Video Page

has links to each video.

Using Judy’s techniques you can eliminate all those time-wasting trimming steps when piecing.

Beaded Fans 1, 2, 3 and 4

Found!

An Electric Quilt project file with some very pale and pretty designs with so little contrast between background and the applique ‘beads’ they just about disappeared.

So I started adding some more colourful beads and of course rearranging blocks too.

Also modifying some of the blocks so that the design above ..

… becomes something like this.

But wait … there will be more sometime.

New block pattern sheet coming tomorrow.

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Quilt Along #3 – Playing with Scale

(which is what I did with the blocks in the corner of the last two quilts.)

from 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs by Leah Day

EQ Dozen 61 and 62

I haven’t delved into this Electric Quilt project file since way back

in June, 2011

Still looks good!

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How to Count when Fusing

from Artfabrik by Laura Wasilowski

Cornerstones + Extras 31 and 32

Like this one!

Love, love this one!

To make this design really work it needs the right fabrics … colour is important, but nowhere near as important as the value of each fabric … how dark or light the fabric is.

Color Theory 1 – Value

by Vicki Welsh

Cabin Fever 45, a couple of variations, and 46

That didn’t turn out like I intended … I wanted the circles to meet the centre.

That is how I wanted it to look.

There is something else I don’t like …

… that’s it!

Like that square in the centre!

I think I can play some more with this design.

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Finding Time to Quilt

from 365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs by Leah Day

Back to Basics 6 and 7

Brilliant colours.

Like it … like both of them actually.

This series started after I started a bright series, but used some complicated custom settings.

The blocks are similar, but the settings here are much more basic.

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The Chicago School of Fusing

Red and White 2 Block OP Quilts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

This series is a repeat of Red and White 2 Block Quilts … but this time on point.

All this first batch have the same centre block, with the alternate blocks changed.

This first batch also has blocks with solid white corners

Not a huge variety, but subtle differences.

Love being able to see how blocks react with very similar neighbors.

Always nice to know if a design will work before you cut a lot of fabric!

My choice from this lot … can’t make up my mind … either first or fifth.

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Esther has been using up more of her red and white fabrics and sharing the patterns … here is the final instalment.

Peaceful Pathways Last Block!

from Esther’s Blog

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Gallery of 1000 completed blocks

Now if you combine all these blocks in two block quilts, then combine them again on point.

Then just mix them up.

How many quilt designs are possible?

Burgoyne surrounded by Irish 32 and 33

This design really shows the contrast between Double Irish Chain and Burgoyne Surrounded … one looks like a lead weight, the other looks like a bit of lace! Makes an interesting mix!

There isn’t actually any Irish Chain blocks in this design … Burgoyne is surrounded by the ‘filler’ block I chose to include in this series!

Love the circles created in the Burgoyne Surrounded blocks.