My friend, Susan, gave me a book several years ago for my birthday, called
Folded Log Cabin Quilts by Sarah Kaufman. Susan lives in Oregon and the author was a local author who signed the book too. I thought there were many lovely folded log cabin quilts shown in the book and I especially liked the interesting ways that Sarah, the author, hung the quilts.
I made 3 folded log cabin quilt blocks out of some scraps I had, but didn't really have any idea what I would do with the blocks. I thought about a few pot holders or a runner, but just put them away until an idea might come to me. I was looking through a box of UFO quilt blocks and orphan blocks recently and came across these blocks. Since I sew purses to donate to Sew Powerful (for girls in Zambia to hold their monthly hygiene items the girls are also given), I thought why not make 3 purses out of these blocks and use them for a good cause, so that's what I did.
I placed them on point and sewed scraps of denim, canvas or or other material around the log cabins. They were quite thick when I topstitched, but I was able to topstitch most of it easily, except in a couple of really thick spots, which was very thick. I am happy I was able to at last put these blocks to good use.
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| 3 purses made with Folded Log Cabin quilt block technique. |
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| The plaid is a sturdy fabric for the purses. |
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| I added back pockets to all. |
I haven't been able to do much sewing lately due to tripping and falling onto a speed bump 2 weeks ago. Luckily nothing broke or was dislocated, but my poor knees still took quite a beating, especially my right knee. I have been resting a lot. I did finish sewing these purses in a couple of days, but I must have sewn too long as the next day my right knee was swollen again and really hurt, so no more sewing for a while again. I was even using my left foot to sew most of the time so I didn't think I was bothering the right knee, but apparently I was.🙁Best to let my knee heal and not sew for now. The knee brace is helping a lot now that I have it. Meanwhile, the ideas for purse flaps and quilts are filling up in my head, so I hope I heal completely soon!!!😉
