Thanks for the suggestions so far. I need to say that this is a picture of a quilt I found on-line, it's not one I've made. Unfortunately, when I went back to try and find it, so I could contact the person who made it, I couldn't find this quilt anywhere. So far, I've tried using a 4" center and sewing 2 rounds of logs and then cutting the block in half and re-sewing. The center matches up fine, but the logs don't line up.
So I'm hoping that my friend's quilt will look a lot like this one, but this one belongs to someone else!! I'm going to keep thinking about it.
-Karen
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have you checked Moda's Bake shop? It does look familiar, but I can't place it. I just went through my latest Keepsake Quilting catalog, but no luck-gotta love a mystery.
Maybe if you start with HST instead of the square? Just a thought. Good luck!
Karen, I think the block is made by sewing 3strips of fabric together - one wider than the other 2. Cut out triangles alternating cutting from one edge of the strip with the other. Sew 2 matching triangles together for half the block. Two of these units would make one square.
It looks like the maker did a modified log cabin (large center block with only 2 rows of logs), then cut the blocks in half diagonally, mixed up the resulting HSTs and stitched them back into squares. Kind of like a Bento box, but cut diagonally instead. It's a very appealing look!
I have a copy of a freebie pattern that I got from McCalls (?) or somewhere in orange/pink/yellow that looks VERY much like that. I will bring it to work and try scanning it and emailing it to you tomorrow.
I don't know who's pattern it is, but it is lovely. Good luck!
It looks a lot like the pattern here but with the wider strip replaced with two, sewn-together strips. Essentially you sew strips together and then cut triangles. Then you sew the triangles together into squares.
OK, I didn't find the pattern I was thinking of, but I did find one that was even better. I don't like to photocopy copyrighted stuff but here's the info: www.aardvarkquilts.com pattern #AQ833 Beveled Blocks - still an active website and the pattern is still there on the website :D
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