I made as many blocks as were possible from the jelly rolls I had for the raspberry and creme Manx log cabin quilt. 33 11-inch blocks. I had to order another jelly roll of the creme batiks as I ran out of the raspberry sooner than later. I think I made 6 more blocks before I ran out of the raspberry. I've been working up at least 2 blocks / day for the last few weeks. Steady progress and now I'm done with that stage.
This week, I was auditioning layouts for this quilt. How will I sew it together? [That's a whole other technique that I will have to figure out ...]
I started to lay them out, and there was a clear winner [at the top of the page].
Here are the "also rans":
Although I like this general layout, it's too long and narrow to be useful. Because Manx blocks are already paired with a backing fabric and essentially quilted as you go, it would be awkward to add borders to fill in the space as with almost any other quilt. We'll see though -- Maybe I can "shave off" the top and bottom rows and apply them to the sides?
This was the first layout. It reminded me of watermelon slices. Needs a little green!
No-- wait! that was a different quilt!
Another option. Kinda reminds me of toast slices.
Here is another square-within-a-square option. But I didn't have enough blocks to make it even and centered. So I guess I accentuated the short-coming to arrive at the winner [See the top of this post.]
What's your favorite Log Cabin layout?
