Border added

Adding a border to the Marti Michell FQ log cabin improved the look. It will be backed with the same wide  pink linen  as the other Kaffe Fassett strippy.

 I like my log cabin top although the arrangement is not a conventional one but looking attentively I can see symmetry. The four "pink" corners were my starting point.

The pile of tops waiting to be quilted is growing.

Next up was opening the cupboard containing fabrics from my time in KL 1999-2000. Time to put them to use.

Clearing up

  From under the table  in the "to do someday" box I found these four log cabins from four fat quarters (dark, light and 2 mediums) made in a Marti Michell workshop using her rulers. I thought it was strange to have special rulers for log cabins but in fact they made the cutting and sewing very orderly and very logical.

Stack of folded fabric: the "weight" helps to
hold the ruler firmly in place.

Strips ready to add to the units I've started

 

I folded and layered two more sets of 4 FQs and laid out the resulting strips in size order including a bright pink in all the blocks. 

Last night I arranged them on the spare room floor in an odd arrangement but having done a few conventional log cabins in the past I wanted a change.

Photo does not do justice to the vibrancy of the prints

I've located some Fassett yardage with which to border it probably with an intervening woven stripe.

Locating border fabric