28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Nice designs, but watch out for errors!!!, September 11, 2007
This review is from: Log Cabin Quilts (Hardcover)
Most of the designs in this book are quite beautiful. I decided to start with the Ladybug quilt, since it is really cute and of medium difficulty. I cut all the fabric first, per the directions. The first mistake is in Diagram 10 on page 25. Logs 5 and 6 are reversed, so I had to rip it out and re-sew.
The second problem is that the photograph of the quilt does not match the exploded view in Diagram 23, nor Diagram 24, or even the diagram on page 29. In fact, all four of these pictures are slightly different. Only diagram 24 matches the directions. The differences are above and to the right of the birdhouse.
The third problem was a major setback, since I had already cut the green for the "pieced border flowers" at 2-1/4" wide. The finished flowers that attach to the green strips have 1-3/4" squares for the centers. These finished center squares are about 1-3/4" on the diagonal, which is the same as the finished width of the green strips. Therefore, they will not be inset around the "petals" per the picture. I only discovered this AFTER I finished all the flowers, so I had to purchase more green fabric, and I'm planning to cut them into either 2-3/4 or 3 inch strips.
I'm still not done with this quilt, and I'm hesitant to start another one in this book with all of these setbacks!
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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Log Cabin Quilts, January 18, 2008
This review is from: Log Cabin Quilts (Hardcover)
Having never attempted a quilt using this technique I have found this book to be the best at explaining it. Simply love all the different designs. Arrived very quickly. thanks Joy O'Brien
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1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Lovely, March 19, 2007
This review is from: Log Cabin Quilts (Hardcover)
A fantastic book about Log Cabin, its contest lots of innspirations and has good instructions.Love it.
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