LCT Options

I would have posted this Monday but we had no internet service. It finally got restored yesterday. Amazing how dependent we've become on our internet, isn't it?!

Last week I showed several layouts of my Log Cabin Triangles blocks that I had played with at camp. This was my preferred layout:

LCTs, Preferred Layout

The problem is, these are 9" blocks so as shown this layout would finish at 56" by 63". That's a little skimpy to be practical. I don't have any more of the colored fabrics left so I can't make any more blocks in these colors.

One option would be to add a third color to the mix and make more blocks. I have plenty of the low volume fabrics so I can make the new blocks look consistent with the existing ones. Here's an EQ rendering of what it would look like with teal blocks added. This would be 63" x 72", a better size for a lap quilt.

3 colors, 9" blocks, 63" x 72"

Another option would be to add another round of logs to the original blocks, making them 10-1/2". Here's how it would look if I made the blocks larger:

2 colors, 10-1/2" blocks, 63" x 73.5"

By making the blocks larger, the proportion of colored triangle to low volume background changes.

• In the original layout, you can see that the triangles overlap by half of their base: 9" blocks, 6" triangles, 3" overlap. The colored rings are strong diagonals. 
• With the added logs, there is much less overlap. 10-1/2" blocks, 6" triangles, 1-1/2" overlap. This makes the triangle points stick out more, like pennants. It also creates more negative space.

So, which option do you like and why?

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