Building a Cabin

This past weekend a good friend made a reappearance in my life, after years and years on the other side of the state.

Robin is the craftingest, most super-fun friend a gal could ask for, and she came to town wanting to hit a few shops, and so we did. 

I picked up a few bargain fat quarters on our adventure and when I got home, I found they went perfectly well with a panel of roosters I've been hoarding. Yay!

I love it when things work out so accidentally wonderful :)

Tonight, after burning out looking for some inspiration for a new fat quarter bundle, I wanted something simple to get my creative streak flowing again and I decided to break out the roosters. After playing around a little bit I decided do something I never ever in a billion years thought I'd do: log cabin. As a rule, i just don't like them. 

I don't have a reason.... 

Just. 

Ugh. 

But after laying things out and getting a look at it, i thought it best to just go for it, with darks on the bottom right, and light fabrics top left instead of the way I have them here:

Before diving in, I sewed some scrap strings of moda double chocolate in a nice medium grayish-blue to get a more rectangly shape, because somehow, I just didn't want a square cabin, and then I started adding strips! 

Here we are all pinned up on the refrigerator for show. Not a bad start, if I do say so myself. Can't wait to see how it turns out in the end!

Until next time,

Happy Quilting!

Dawn