Log Cabin Hearts

The corner blocks for the Log Cabin Hearts quilt are finally all pieced. Piecing these corner blocks took me longer than I though it would. Now it's time to start sewing them onto the corners of the appliqued heart blocks.

I showed you a completed block last Sunday. I'm in the process of completing the rest of them. 

The fabrics used in the log cabin blocks are not all the same. Over the years I had purchased some very pretty fabrics which were used first, then I had to substitute.

The fabrics in the top right corner are my favorites. I've had that center square fabrics for years, probably 20 years. The next fabric was another older pretty swirl fabric but again, not enough for all the blocks. The next strips are the floral I purchased to use in Teal Stars while the outside strips are also left from Teal Stars.

You can see in the blocks on the left side that the center fabric is different. I couldn't find any fabric even close to the small floral use in the top right center square so I substituted this large floral. Teal, purple and blue are those flowers but I thought it added some more color without being intrusive. 

The last 20 blocks are made with a fabric I don't like but it was the only thing close to the shade of the swirl fabric. It works but definitely not my favorite.

The first thing was to mark the corner of the hearts. You sew to within 1/4" of the edge with a Frixon marking pen. I wasn't thinking clearly and marked on the front side of the blocks. Fortunately the markings were dark enough I could see through the fabric onto the backside.

It takes awhile to sew the log blocks onto the applique blocks. Hopefully they'll all be completed by next week and I can show you a completed flimsy.

Log Cabin Hearts is designed by Esther Hershberger.

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