Circus Cabin: Week 3 Blocks + your Quilts
Have you visited the hashtag #CircusCabinQuilt? It is flowing with beautiful new images of your scrappy blocks. Way to go, you! There are also a fair number of overachievers (aka quilters-on-a-roll) who have already finished their quilt tops. We’re happy for you and inspired. Thanks to everyone for sharing your photos!
To find out how to join the Circus Cabin sew-along, click over to the master sew-along post. It’s a digital pattern, so you can grab it in a flash and sew right along.
Week 3: sew 5 blocks
Like last week, our sew-along goal this week is to sew five Circus Cabin blocks. I’ll share my progress and then celebrate some of your finished quilt tops, before finishing off with prizes at the end of this post!
I usually sew blocks in batches of 2 or 3 at a time. Then I can sew lots of logs before getting up to press the seams, and repeat. It’s a bit more efficient and feels good to finish a few at a time.
Here are my five new blocks for week 3. These newbies are a bit on the plain side. Each one includes a simple print, which gives them a calmer feeling. I felt that my quilt could use some breathing room.
But even plain log cabin blocks have a cool, graphic personality when sewn with dark/light value contrast, and they combine so nicely with my showier blocks. I had fun arranging and rearranging them to try out different effects.
I wasn’t sure I would love a winter-themed version, but I am quite pleased with how this is coming out. The palette is different and good. Somehow a few extra finished blocks slipped in there, ahead of schedule. What can I say? It’s really hard to stop sewing this easy block.
Well, I put the brakes on at this point with three blocks left. Next week I’ll sew the last three blocks and join my quilt top together. Then week 5 is for the border, which takes a little more time than you’d expect. Totally worth it though! I’m looking forward to it.
Week 3 Sew-Along Goal: Sew 5 blocks
Or maybe a few more because you’re having fun!
Finished Quilt Tops
Let’s take a moment to celebrate some of your already-finished Circus Cabin quilt tops!
Share to win!
Last week’s winner is @Summer_song cottage. Look at that - the baby Circus Cabin Quilt. What a pretty little thing! Congratulations, Suzanne. I’ll message you about your prize.
This week share a photo of your progress with hashtag #CircusCabinQuilt.
Your photo enters you into a giveaway for the Hexie Handbook pdf by Tales of Cloth. It's the Hexie Quilt pattern to cover a multitude of hexie quilt patterns!
The Hexie Handbook includes a basic 3" hexagon quilt pattern, 14 extra 3" hexagon block designs to create whole new quilts, and The Hexie Harvest Sampler Quilt! You can also join the 2023 Hexie Harvest Club to sew-along with others making the sampler quilt.
Winner will be announced next week and giveaway is open worldwide.
good luck, friends!
