Okay ladies, I spent the weekend at the Rustler's Lodge with a group of fabulous women. I created a few things that I absolutely love, had some amazing laughs - roll of the floor kin ;) and didn't sleep much - pretty much all of the compulsory items for retreat.

This was the cutest teddy bear made with a furry fabric, appliqued onto a little girls quilt made by Wilma 

The cheeriest coffee style of place mats made by Alison C - set of 6 arn't they adorable - love the colours.

Another masterpiece put up on the design wall to help for colour placement - Dianne P - she has such good eye for colour.

Not sure who this was made for but Cathy B did such a great layout - for a girl for sure!! Love the striped sashing and the corner stones.

My mom's log cabin with the chenille centers - so perfect!!

almost done, last colour added

completed design

Then I got into making these sew, so cute aprons from my mum's book

main body

close up for attaching the scallop in another colour

completed - love it!!

colour option 2

completed option 2

(it was a little dark in the room when I took this pic)

This is the finished option 3 - this one Mum and I thought that the scallop and waistband want's really the best colour - in the end we liked this one the BEST! 

Hi Ya'll, (I just like saying that as you Texan's always sound so fun with your drawl accent)

As you know I've started a pizza box challenge (thanks to Boston Pizza for donation the boxes for us - so generous of them). I'm on my way to a retreat on the 2 & 3 of October so I had to get my block completed for the pizza box challenge.

I've always wanted a log cabin quilt but never seem to get around to making one - helping my mum right now make this beautiful one...can't wait to see that one finished.

So I thought since I'm making one now for my Pizza Box Challenge I would do a tutorial on piecing them together the easy way.

First I found one of my favourite quilting books on blocks

Found the log cabin option pages

The block I wanted to complete (Diagram 7) and figured out my final size which will be 9" and I wanted the one with the contrasting from one side to the other with the red block in the middle. The red center block dates back to civil war times and it generally means heart of the home. I chose 1.5" widths for my strips.

I chose subtle blues (4)

red for the center square and tans and browns for the light side of the block

a) sew your center square 1.5" x 1.5" to the 1st tan as in Diagram 7

b) line up your ruler and cut the excess of this first strip off so it's straight

c) finished center

d) add your next strip on (unfortunately I cut mine prior to taking the photo)

c) add you next 1/2 round of blues on both sides (see Diagram 7)

c) cut excess of blue off

make sure you press well on the wrong side keeping everything nice and straight

d) next 1/2 round of tans

e) remember to do both sides of the half

f) continue on until you have the desired size or equal rounds or both ;)

g) final round - press well and your done!!

any questions email me or leave a comment