A recent Missouri Star Quilt Co tutorial was for
using a jelly roll of a fabric collection
and a honey bun of white.
It triggered a crazy idea...
Why not make this as a MINI or should I say a mini?
I took an Ambroisa jelly roll by Benartex
and pulled out the four pink colored strips;
there were 3 of one pink print, 2 of the other pinks.
And I sliced them lengthwise into 1 1/4" strips.
Then I took a Bella White 98 jelly roll
and sliced about 10 of those into
1" strips.
Was I CRAZY?
The jelly strips were sliced lengthwise into 1 1/4"strips. The remaining unused colorways (oranges, blues, and greens) in the jelly roll will have a different life. |
The beginnings of the mini log cabin! Not very straight but fairly cute. |
I added each new strip of the log cabin all at once (in other words, I did not complete one block before starting the next block.) |
I clearly did not use the correct ruler during my initial squaring up efforts because the centers and first 10 or so strips are wonky. I later used my fav squaring up ruler: Elisa's Backporch Designs' Square Me Up and voila! I had smashingly excellent and beautifully square blocks! |
The first finished block! 5 1/2" square |
4 comments:
Wow! Lovely quilt! I need to do this one, too, in Kaffe Fassett reds. Everything i sew is wonky, but you showed me that it all works out.
Thank you! This mini was a challenge for me because of the 1 1/4" and 1" pieces (should have paper pieced it.) But this wkend I made a 68x68 Curved Log Cabin using jelly rolls 2 1/2" and honeybuns 1 1/2" --- easy! What a difference!
Let me know when you have finished your curved log cabin as I would love to see it.
This is FABULOUS! I love it especially in "mini" :) Great job.
Amanda
I found this little log cabin mini on Pinterest and had to come for a visit. I adore what you have written about yourself!!!! The little quilt is inspiring. Thank you
Marlene Herself @ insearchofitall.com
Only a beginning quilter.
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