Welcome, blog hoppers! Welcome to the Lilypad! We are thrilled to be part of the Sew We Quilt Table Toppers hop --- featuring mini quilts that can be displayed on our Ackfeld wire frames.
Some of you that are hopping over here may not know why I say "we" here at Lilypadquilting . . . it's not the royal "we" that I am referring to. I share this blog with my mascot, Padsworth, a frog of some renown. (Wink)
He has his own web site, too: Ole Frog Eyes virtual design wall for quilters. He helps out here at Lilypadquilting, and we enjoy his antics.
Let me show you my table topper for this hop:
It's a very simple block, called the Log Cabin block, and I made it to finish at 12 inches, which is a very nice size for the frame.
It's an old and traditional block, and I think that when someone comes in and sees it, it says, "A quilter lives here." Personally, I think it also says, "And she is interesting and creative and has superb taste in fabrics and design." But I digress.
You just need some fabric strips with nice contrast, like these:
and you start with a red block, because the hearth, or fireplace, is the "heart" of the home:
. . . and you just keep building!
Madame Samm said we didn't need to show a tutorial, so I'm just giving you an idea of how the block is constructed. You can easily find log cabin blocks on the web.
Once you quilt it and bind it, with a little hanging sleeve on the back, you have a mini-quilt to go on your frame and display with pride:
Okay, okay, Padsworth . . . get over there and I'll take your picture, too!
Be sure to hop around and see all of the other table-topper display quilts!
Here is the list for today:
Snoodles (haha! You're here!)
And check each day at Sew We Quilt to see a list of bloggers that are participating! Before you leave, be sure to enter our Colonial Needle giveaway, too! Just scroll on down to the post below! And stop in at the next stop on our Colonial "hop," which is SewCalGal's place!
Love,
