Log Cabin in a Window
Date made: Summer 1999
The quilt is made up of 30 blocks framed by a sashing, then surrounded by 2 borders and finished with a simple binding. The finished dimensions are 40"wide x 45"long.
The pattern is called "Log Cabin in a Window" and is a combination of Log Cabin and Attic Windows. In this case, the perspective is going from the upper left-hand corner to the lower right-hand corner. (I think, however, that I should have reversed the color sequence of the "log" layers and gone from dark -> light instead of light -> dark as I did on this one).
Each block is made up of a corner motif (in this case, the stylized celestial sun/moon),
then bordered 3 times on the top and left-hand side by 3 "logs" for each layer.
The first layer is a dark blue background w/ very small multi-colored stars.
The next layer is a blue/lavendar tie-dyed fabric.
The last layer is a brightyellow mini-floral fabric.
The sashing that connects all the blocks together is off-white w/ small metallic gold stars.
The first narrow border and the binding is the same fabric (dark blue w/ small multi-colored stars) as the first layer of "logs". The second wide border is same fabric (blue/lavendar hand-dyed) as the second layer of "logs".
The backing of the quilt is black w/ gold metallic stars of various sizes and styles and crescent moons.
This quilt was made as a "test" of the layout for another project. I have a bunch of weirdo computer friends and I asked some of them if they would like to participate in a signature/memory quilt for myself. I wanted to see if this layout would work well with the signature/memory quilt components. When the memory quilt is completed, it will be shown here also (or as one weirdo friend commented, "yeah, when pigs fly ....") :-)
That would be ... 'no'. :-)