Island Batik’s Log Cabin Blog Hop: My Day!

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I received “Heavy Metal” by Kathy Engle (for Swan Amity Studios) in my January Island Batik box!! This fabric will be shipping to shops in February. This is the fantastic fabric I used for the Log Cabin Blog Hop!

I searched for a pattern that I had on paper and couldn’t find it. I went to EQ8 and downloaded the Heavy Metal SKUs into the fabric portion and started designing various log cabins. I designed this quilt. It’s a based on the courthouse block, with the fabrics placed so that it spirals. Sort of fun, eh?

Spiral Logs

This quilt used every fabric in the collection. So, I started cutting and sewing. I attempted to keep the fabrics in some order so that each block would be totally unique. I surprised myself by doing it! There are 20 fabrics in the collection and of the coloured fabrics, each one is in the centre of each block.

This one is called “Spiral Logs.” The quilting was simple: wavy lines along each of the logs. 

I will give a tutorial on how to make the diagonal backing in a future post.

Quilt Stats:

WAIT!!! There is more!!!

Once I had the blocks up on the design wall for the spiral log cabin and I was ready to web the quilt, I found the sketch of the pattern I had been working on YEARS ago. I stopped in my tracks and designed the block in EQ8. I was a happy camper. Yes, I knew that this would give me 2 quilts, but I can live with that!

I’ve called the second one “Pinwheel” Logs. All of the strips are cut at 2 1/2” wide and finish at 2″ in the quilt. 

Here’s a picture from EQ8 of the designed block with Heavy Metal fabrics inserted. The block is 16″ x 16″.

I started by making 48 half square triangles. Then coloured fabrics were cut in groups of 3 at

  • 21/2“x 81/2“
  • 21/2” x 61/2“
  • 21/2” x 41/2”
  • 21/2” x 21/2“. 

Then the background fabrics were cut

  • (48) 21/2” x 21/2”
  • (96) 21/2” x 41/2“.

And a few progress pictures:

Quilt Stats:

Heavy Metal Give-away

Here’s the Rafflecopter to enter … You must live in Canada or the USA to win. If the Rafflecopter doesn’t work … make sure you do the following:

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  • Leave a comment below telling me which of the 2 Log Cabin quilts you like the most (Spiral or Pinwheel)
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Thank You!

Disclosure: The fabrics, batting, thread, needles and the iron were generously supplied by the following companies: Thank you, Island Batik,  Aurifil Thread,  Hobbs Batting,  Schmetz Needles, Oliso  

Blog Hop Schedule

February 6:

February 7:

February 8:

February 9:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway

February 12:

February 13:

February 14:

February 15:

February 16:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway

February 19:

February 20:

February 21:

February 22:

February 23:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Giveaway

February 26:

February 27:

End of Blog Hop and Final Round-Up

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

92 thoughts on “Island Batik’s Log Cabin Blog Hop: My Day!”

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  6. Both of the log cabin quilts are beautiful but the pinwheel is my favorite. It show cases the material, and the pinwheels pop and draw your eyes in. Thank you for sharing; and I will definitely be looking forward to when you are able to create a pattern.

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  12. Both are eye-catching, but those pin wheels are so charming! I loved that quilt the moment I saw it!

    I think you may have convinced me to start saving up for EQ8.

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    • Thank you, Beth!! I do love EQ8. It allows me to design and play with fabrics. Yes, it might be considered expensive, but to me, it’s worth it’s weight in gold! And so much easier than graft paper and coloured pencils!!! 🙂

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  16. Both of your quilts are so gorgeous Gail. I have done several Courthouse Steps quilts, but I could never come up with something as awesome as yours. Both are beautiful, but if I need to choose., I think I would choose the Pinwheel. I really like the design.

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  19. Both quilts are lovely (and the fabrics are great) but I think I like the pinwheel one the most because it has big areas where the colors are all next to each other to give them more impact. Glad you made and shared both!

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  21. Beautiful! I’m so impressed that you made two quilts!!! I like them both but I LOVE the second one with the pinwheels!!!! I bet it would make an awesome jelly roll quilt!

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  27. Wow! Two quilts! That’s so ambitious! I actually like them both. I like the symmetry of the second quilt and the randomness of the first one. Thanks for sharing a great giveaway!

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  32. I really like them both because of the fabric and how it looks in these quilts, but if I had to pick one, it would be the pinwheel version. Gorgeous!

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  36. Wow Gail I love both of the quilts! Log Cabin is the first finished quilt that I made (Quilt in a Day) which of course never got finished in a day…..I made a Queen sized one….crazy way to start quilting! I tied that quilt! I always seem to have a Log Cabin in the works!

    /Pinwheel Log Cabin

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    • LOL!!! Fauntie, you and I must have used the same book when we started quilting!!! I was with a group of ladies and it did get pieced in a day! but we’d sit around a quilt frame and it would take a few weeks to get it quilted!

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  38. Hallo Gail, do not know if I got it write, but could only leave a comment here. Both are lovely, bit my favorite is the spiral log cabin. Have a delivery adress in the States, if there is a chance to win. Have a great week.

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  42. Both quilts are fabulous. I can’t pick a favorite. You did a great job with these fabrics. I would still be staring at them! LOL I don’t have much of a vision when it comes to a stack of fabrics!

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  44. Spiral Logs Quilt is beautiful but Pinwheel Logs Quilt is absolutely delightful.

    Two quilts for one challenge?

    Such an overachiever 😀

    Who does that???

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  45. I love the Pinwheel Log Cabin. Putting those blocks together made an awesome larger block. The Awesome Metal fabric is gorgeous. Still liking that “coggy” design!

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