I'm very pleased with my latest completed project - a quilt for a certain young fella. I was unable to decide which fabric to go for on the back, so decided to go with most of the ones I used on the front. This means I essentially ended up with a double sided quilt, with lots of different things to find on it until he's more interested in Bob the Builder or Thomas than anything his silly mother made him.
This has ended up 120cm (ish) square. It ended up square because the log cabin squares were 30cm square (plus seam allowances, and yes, I went completely metric this time), and I thought 90cm is going to be too narrow to tuck in if/when I want to tuck it in, and it kind of makes a nice throw size for a single bed when the time comes.
The log cabins are based on the bedspread in Machine Made Patchwork (the bedspread is the first pic from the book in Hillary's post) - split the fabrics roughly in half along dark/light lines, and then did the central part of the squares in light or dark fabrics, and then the second half of the log cabins in the opposite. That's a terrible description, but I'm sure you get the gist if you're interested. If you do want to know more, please just ask and I'll try to engage my brain and give a better explanation. For binding, the orangey/yellow seemed to be the only one that fit. I think it's the Kona Cotton "School Bus" colour, but I'm not 100% sure as it was in my stash. I like the way it worked out anyway.
It's been through the washing machine and dryer and has that puckered slightly shrunk look that I'm growing to love, and I hope it keeps my little guy warm and happy.
