You may have read this post, about two log cabins that I just wasn't feeling.
As I suspected, I just need to keep going. And I'm feeling them now!
As I suspected, I just need to keep going. And I'm feeling them now!
For the vintage sheet quilt, when I put all the blocks
together, it just looked like a whole lot of mush. Pretty, vintage mush, but
mush all the same. I tried the gray sashing but it wasn't doing it for me. So I
pawed through my stash and found the pink heart herringbone from BasicGrey.
Perfect! I find sashing to be so tedious, (and don’t even mention corner
stones)but I really didn’t mind with this quilt. It really perked things up and
I love the final quilt. I’m so happy that a sweet little girl will cuddle up in
it very soon.
For my modern log improv, I just kept plugging along, making
more blocks. The more I made, the better I liked it. For someone like me who
doesn't do a lot of improv, I think I could actually see my improv improve (my
spell check is going crazy over that last phrase!) Whenever I would see improv quilting classes I would
think, “how do you teach improv?” but I do think there is a method to it. Or at
least, for me, I found what I liked and didn't like. Another thing I liked
about this quilt was the restricted color palette, and the fact that they were
all scraps from other projects. I will definitely revisit the
grey/red/black/neutral scheme again. And
in the end, I don’t think it’s too
modern for a little boy. I think it will be just right for a very cool little
dude.
All told, the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild made 21 log cabin
quilts for the kids of the South East Early Head Start program! The quilts will
hang in the gallery of the Kennedy Kreiger Family Center before going to their
permanent home in the arms of the babies and toddlers of the center. Way to go,
guild!
