The projects in the book increase in complexity to help you develop your skills. The initial chapters take you through how to draft the units (blocks), how to foundation piece, how to create edge and corner triangle units, joining units into groups, forming rows and sections and how to join these, cutting and attaching borders, assembly, essential equipment, and choosing fabric.
The nine projects are called: Cabins in the Woods, Opposing Forces, The Hot Line, Green Frames, Colors 2, Fanciful, Fireworks, Just a Little Bit, and Adrift. Author Kerry Gadd has taught quiltmaking to both beginners and advanced students for over nine years, something that shows through in the clear way things are set out and explained in her book. Each project has a list setting out what you'll need (including fabric requirements in imperial and metric measurements, most helpful), step-by-step instructions for drafting, marking the foundation, cutting the fabric, construction, assembly, borders, layering, tying, quilting, and binding. There are also assembly diagrams, a large colour photo of the finished quilt, and photos of sample blocks.
Some of the colour choices may not be ones you would make as they're all rather bold and bright, resulting in very busy, hectic quilts. But the visual effects still come across clearly and you could easily substitute your own colour preferences. One advantage of the author's preference for bright colours is that the quilts photograph and reproduce well.
The two pages of troubleshooting tips will help you solve some of the more common problems you may encounter when making the log cabin designs, such as the seam allowance bulk pushing the machine foot to one side, puckering, sewing light fabric over dark resulting in the dark showing through. These are extremely practical tips that can be applied to any quilting you do.
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