Taking a class from a local quilt shop, a local quilter named Margie was the teacher. She makes beautiful old fashioned quilts with civil war prints. She always has a story of someone from her family past that she copied the pattern from which makes the quilt even more appealing.
However, Margie doesn't write good directions. You definitely have to take the class to understand what she is doing. I know there are easier ways to accomplish the same block, but this is her way. She could make a fortune selling her patterns if she could write better directions.
This quilt is made with 1 1/2" strips. Participants shared fabrics from their stash. The challenge is to put dark fabric strips in one bag and light fabric strips in a second bag. As you construct the log cabin you grab a strip - dark or light whichever you need without editing - what you pick is what you use. For me this wasn't as easy as it sounds, but I played by the rules and this is my end result.
There are no set strip measurements - you measure and cut as you go. Above I made a queen bed size quilt. Although it seemed to take forever to complete I'll do it again. I've already started collecting my stash. Looking up close there are fabrics I would have never used, but in the end this becomes the beauty of the quilt. Thank you Margie for sharing your style.
Now that I have confidence in my long arm quilter I can move faster to the finish line. Quilting these quilts and now looking at them on my blog makes me excited to go sew some more quilts. I still need to catch up on those UFOs. I tell myself - Stay focused.
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