CHROMATIC HALF LOG CABIN
I had a marathon sewing night on Sunday. I pulled out my bin of fabric scraps and started working on some Christmas gifts from a new pattern I bought. I’ll show you the results as soon as I put the finishing touches on what I made. I was having so much fun playing with all my scraps and sewing improvisational patchwork, that I kept going until the wee hours of the morning. (um… 4:30am!)
A few months ago, I actually spent a night organizing my scrap bin by colour. This made the patchwork process so much easier, since I had little bundles of each colour that I could just choose from. As I was working away on my Christmas gifts, I started thinking about making a little patchwork block that was based on the colour wheel. I decided to do a half log cabin and started with a sunny yellow corner and worked outwards through all the colours. I really love how this turned out! The block is approximately 20″ square. I am simply going to baste this block, quilt it and bind it. It looks great on our dining room table, but I think it will also look great hanging on the wall. I have officially fallen in love with mini quilts.
I’ve got a bunch of ideas for more scrappy blocks. I really enjoyed free style sewing all the pieces together. I’m thinking that Sunday nights are going to be my ‘mini quilts’ night. I had so much fun and felt so inspired by the process.
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yay!! it looks so awesome. i like how the sunny yellow corner actually looks like a sun peeking out from the clouds
What gorgeous combinations!
These look beautiful! I’m in the middle of a scrap project myself–making a coloured pencil roll for my niece for Christmas. It was so satisfying putting together a rainbow pallet largely from scraps. How about a scrap swap one Quilt Sunday?
Awesome! I love what you get when you just start sewing scrap together. I got an entire quilt out of bag of scraps a friend gave me last year. It was so fun to see what I was getting that I just couldn’t stop!
I WANT
So pretty! I think I started drooling when I imagined what’s in your scrap bin!
I really have to learn how to quilt!!
WHAT!
Gee! Stunning!
this is seriously gorgeous!!!!! AHHH!!!!
Fun with scraps!! Lovely! Was that first yellow flower a fussy-cut or a happy accident? Gold star!! 🙂
Just lovely! I love sewing from the scrap bins. I wish I had more time to sew that way. It is the most satisfying feeling!
There’s a great idea for a class! Fun with scraps! Your colours are gorgeous as usual Karyn!