Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Scrappy Log Cabin Trivets

What is your favorite quilt block?  For certain mine is the log cabin.  Stars are a close second.

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I made these trivets for our dining room table.  They are so bright and cheerful and a perfect accompaniment to summertime dishes like Caprese salad.

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They were first inspired by a fat quarter bundle of veggie fabric I bought on Etsy.  I love fresh produce and the way the veggies are so modern yet classic.

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I also experimented a little with these small quilting projects.  First, I tried spray basting for the first time.  The trivet on the left, which is significantly larger and less wonky was spray basted.  I just pin basted the one on the right.  You can see the spray basted one shifted around a whole lot less, so when I squared it up, it finished at 8 1/2” square instead of 8” like the pin basted one, which needed a lot trimmed off to make it square again.

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I also tried some free motion curves on the trivet on the far right.  I left the feed dogs up and I think my quilting was a little better.  Maybe.  Maybe not!

Linking up to Fabric Tuesday and Quilting by the River.

4 comments:

  1. My favourite is log cabin as well. Your trivets are very pretty.

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  2. scrappy log cabin are fun to make. Love your color choices!

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  3. What great trivets. Yep log cabin is my favorite too, and the fabrics you used are just wonderful to brighten up a table! Love the free motion curved quilting, it looks great.

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  4. I love those they are so much fun...

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