Glimma

One of the fabric lines I was so super-excited to get my hands on at Quilt Market was “Glimma” by Lotta Jansdotter.

Glimma by Lotta Jansdotter

I’ve already begun playing with it.  First, laid out all of the charm squares.  I decided not to use brightest colors yet.  They went into the stash.

sorting out the charm pack

From the stash, I pulled out some solids to match my chosen charm squares.

adding in solids

Then I added in some stashed prints.

adding in prints

I decided to make a log cabin quilt because while I’ve made log cabin blocks for others, I’ve never made one for myself (or a whole quilt of them!)  I cut a bunch of strips of the fabrics.

cutting fabric into strips

The design wall was so useful as I built a bunch of cabins simultaneously.

making log cabins

This type of fabric play is a large part of the reason that I keep a somewhat large stash.   I love the choices it provides at the start of a project and also the flexibility to change course as I go without having to stop and run to the shop.   In this case, I started with a lot of medium value fabrics, but I ended up really loving the lightest fabrics and the darkest ones.  So, I went with that, and made some dark blocks and some light.   Here’s the quilt as I left it…21 blocks done, 14 to go. 

21 log cabins

The plan is to add mostly light cabins…two more rows to the top.

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  6. Looking lovely. I like the gradation of dark/light
    Aso the little strippy blue unrelated piece in the bottom left of the second last photo. That looks great-hope you have plans for more of that? Currently building a tempting pile to make a cross quilt similar to yours-have a growing pile across the floor!

  8. So creative. So sweet. So old world, so new world. The new Glimma line is very attractive and you've done a great job of extending the colorways with all those additional fabrics. You're inspiring me to start a new quilt.

  10. I totally love the fabrics you added. Log cabins are so fun to build. I agree with you on the benefits of a big stash, too. It is so wonderful to be able to immediately pull fabrics that will work with a small stack like the lovely, lovely Glimma squares.

  15. […] Finally, this pillow was made using the leftovers of that charm pack of Lotta Jansdotter’s Glimma line (the ones to the right of the ruler).  If you’re new here, you can see the rest of […]

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