Do you ever just want to jump off a cliff and feel the wind in your hair and then the water at your feet?  I remember many moons ago that we did just that.  I seem to recall is was on one of our Boundary Waters Adventures (in northern Minnesota) that we hijacked a canoe after a day of moving from one campsite to another, and went cliff diving.  I was scared, not so much of the jumping but that the water wasn’t deep enough…even though a couple of the guys who were with us had already made the big leap and came up just fine, never touching the bottom of the lake.  I made the decision that I was going to do it – and I did!  I did it!  I conquered my own fears and just let go.  SO. EXHILARATING!  I cannot tell you how many times I climbed up the cliff, only to feel that wind in my hair and the water hitting my feet.

So, let’s talk about jumping off our quilting cliff and finding something fun to do on a Friday – Funday Friday!

As if I need to repeat myself again, you should know that I am a traditional quilter.  I do not make showpieces, I make quilted love.  I haven’t a competitive bone in my body.  My quilts are meant to be used until they’re in tatters and I’m asked to make a new one to replace an earlier one that has been loved so much that the user asks me for another one.

I use Electric Quilt software to design my quilts.  But, my EQ7 (and earlier software versions) they have premade quilts for you to make.  Nothing special, just FUN!  Funday Friday!

Let’s go out on that cliff’s edge and look at jumping into making a contemporary log cabin quilt.  Want to?  Just so you know, the quilt I made for my wedding is a traditional log cabin quilt as it’s my very favorite to work with.  Although my children keep running off with my quilts, I managed to save our wedding quilt (this week, at least).  Let me tell you, if you make this contemporary Log Cabin block, the block placements in your quilt take on many different variations on the same block!  Here is the contemporary quilt block:

Let me show you another simple-to-sew contemporary log cabin block:

Amazing, right?  They are the EXACT. SAME. BLOCKS!

Now, here are some layout designs from the block patterns above – all of the quilts use the same block – just different fabrics!

Go ahead – DO IT!  Take a ride on the wild side and get back to quilting basics on Funday Fridays!  I can make one of these quilt tops in about two hours – what about YOU?!