A truly horrifying idea

Well, I for one rather like your "culprit"! I would never do it myself, but do think it could be a really interesting quilt.

Frankly, I think I prefer the "culprit"; it looks like it was meant to be. Somehow scrappy log cabin doesn't speak to me, though I have seen some colour-value jobbies that were mind-blowing. Some of them also said, these people need to get a life, but that's another matter!

I say, go for it, it could be fun...

Nel (Gadget Queen)

You all are a bunch of enablers! I really am not sure if I could stand the stress of matching all those bias points. It is like Knit one, Pearl 2, or in this case sew one, rip 2. At least until you got your rhythm on. John

paper piece'em.

"John" wrote ... You all are a bunch of enablers! I really am not sure if I could stand the stress of matching all those bias points. It is like Knit one, Pearl 2, or in this case sew one, rip 2. At least until you got your rhythm on. John

Uh, I read about Log Cabin Stars long before I ever saw one.

I thought it was a spiffy notion so I pieced the diamonds for a broken star as if each diamond were a log cabin block, just sort of stretched out to make a proper star diamond. I mean hey, it was logical. I had seen stars like that done with either vertical or horizontal strips of fabric, so it wasn't a great leap to turn that notion into a log cabin star.

Later I tried it with a six pointed star. I nearly lost my last few neurons on that project because I tried doing the whole top in 60 degree diamonds. You can get a sort of a broken star theme going with that, if you stay sane long enough to finish it.

NightMist long lost to sanity

You should check out Kaye Wood's website - she's been working with this shape for years among others. jennellh

I know Baby Blocks or tumbling blocks, as I have done a couple of them in full sized quilts. One was even a Hollow tumbling blocks, which had even more 60 deg pieces inside them than the standard Baby Blocks. Then after I got out of the Asylum, I swore I would never do another one. But I seem to return for more punishment. They are very demanding, and in a large project, can be overwhelming. On small wall hangings, they can be manageable, but when you have to do 90 to a hundred hollow blocks, that is a lot of bias point sewing, for even the biggest fan. I am still mulling over whether I want to do this again, but the next thing I am going to do is take a break from sewing and make a Camel Back Chest. I got all of the hardware for doing one from one of my supply sources, and now I am going to start tomorrow building it. These are old time humped chests that sat at the foot of the bed, but because they had this humped top you couldn't sit on them to put on your shoes. It has an interior tray, and lots of brass fittings at the corners and leather handles, for lifting. The sort of thing that you would see on a covered wagon heading West, during the

Some of those are also in my near future, though mine are the more traditional dark/light ones with yellow centers. I'm in the middle of designing a quilt for my DH, and wondered what it would it would look like with diamond, rather than square blocks. After he saw the diamonds, there was no going back. I plan on PPing them. I will also have some Drunkard Path diamond blocks. I haven't decided whether to try piecing the curves (new to me) or appliqueing those yet. The design is still in flux and colors are not final, but you can get a general idea of what it will look like at:

I think that I may buy a new, wider printer, so that I don't have to tape the PP sheets together for the Log Cabin blocks (there are over 50 of them). I wanted a new one any way, as my current printer is very, very slow and has limited options. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Bev, I got to see Sewing with Nancy on Saturday and her guest was Elaine Walschmidt. They did Drunkard Path blocks using a fusible. I've ordered the book. Check back with me in a while and we'll see if her method is one you might want to try. Polly

I agree with Jeanne, paper piece the thing. I really like the diamond. Looks really good, but I think it needs more strips of more fabrics and some different colors tossed in. (hehe) Yeah, we're enablers, but then what are friends for if not to enable??

Sunny

This was just a short exercise with minimal color choices that were grabbed at random, without any thought at balance or color value. I just wanted to see what the diamond point Log Cabin would look like, and get some input. I have a bunch of fabric cut into 2" strips in 12 different colors that have been used in a number of my recent projects, that I plan to use. They will multiply out to 4 recurring blocks of 8 colors with a center color of burgundy, that will use a constantly changing set of each of the 4 colors that are from the 4 individual blocks. That makes for a non recurring pattern of enough difference to make it non repetitive. Or as non repetitive as I can do it; or 4 x 4 to the 4th power. I will let all those math heads figure that out. I actually don't mind working with the diamonds rather than paper piecing. It is much faster for me and eliminates that step. I found that if you set up a layout of all the strips, and then make your choices from each of them in a logical sequence, it goes pretty fast. It is just those first few blocks that you have to establish a method that accurately places the needle 1/4" in from the edge, and stop it in just the same amount of space at the end of the seam. Fortunately, my Bernina 1/4" foot has some great hash marks that are made for use with various kinds of angles, 45 and 60 degrees. It becomes intuitive after awhile. I guess I will go ahead, after I get done with the trunk. I need to take a break from sewing for a bit. Too many Bags, recently. It should provide a good challenge when I return to the machine in a couple of weeks. John

Not horrifying.

If you want to do one quickly - Eleanor Burns has a diamond log cabin quilt in a day book.

If you like a bit fancier, there's this one:

Now, if I made them 2" or something, I might need something for my sanity. But at a regular size I don't see why they'd be harder then a regular log cabin.

marcella

Hey, Wow, Marcella. I was hoping one of us had access to Log Cabin with attitude. Those are just simply wonderful. Polly

I have used the basic log cabin pattern in lots of different ways. A sixty degree diamond was one of my early ones - as I love that diamond. I think you would find it looks much better with narrower logs and a more restricted colour palette, so that you can have more control over the main and secondary designs.

You don't need to tangle with bias edges, except for the very first piece; and, if you use foundation paper piecing as your basic 'tool' for this design, it will not be a problem to keep them all the same size and the same angle.

Now that you have put a toe in the water of the fascinating range of log cabin, I think you should try Twisted Log Cabin (perhaps starting with a square - before going onward and upward!). I could describe it, but it would be more satisfying for you if you looked it up on Google/ Images. . In message , John writes

For those of you who may not know of my output, here is a link to a few of the diamond quilts I have done in the past. I am pretty familiar with the process, but it is one I always approach with dread. That said, I do enjoy it once I get in the swing of things. John

I think I would have to be drunk to do those in a 60 degree shape. That would never pass muster with Lois. John