{"id":6609,"date":"2026-11-03T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:40:27","slug":"log-beauties-2026-sew-along-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/03\/log-beauties-2026-sew-along-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Log Beauties: 2026 Sew-Along, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I left all the applique until the end so I wouldn’t have to re-thread the machine over and over. Lazy? Efficient? I’ve heard it both ways.

Don\u2019t forget to read Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a> and Part 3<\/a> if you missed them. Lots of pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light Dots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first block in the project<\/a> relies heavily on applique for its visual interest. The directions are for fusible applique<\/a> with machine-zigzagged edging, using Stickvlies<\/em> (interfacing for machine embroidery) on the backside to keep the block from being dragged down into the feed dogs<\/a>.

It’s entirely possible I already own some Stickvlies<\/em> from a previous project, but I couldn’t find it in a reasonable amount of time.

The blogpost that I found after completing City Sunset<\/a> also had some directions for circles<\/a>, using cardboard templates. Cardboard I have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Circles!
September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I used a straight-stitch. No interfacing necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It’s not very round, but it’s finished.
September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Block still needs to be trimmed down to 12.5″ square.<\/p>\n\n\n

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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Stego<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The directions for this one require a commercial product that retails for 40\u20ac, was sold out at the recommended online shop, and also wasn’t to be found at any of the Iowa quilt shops I visited over the summer. File under, “I tried their technique, but mine works better for me.”

More cardboard! <\/p>\n\n\n

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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

More straight stitch!<\/p>\n\n\n

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September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Still needs to be trimmed up. That’s for Part 5.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finished!<\/em>
September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Ups & Downs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As you no doubt recall, this one is pretty boring without the applique.<\/p>\n\n\n

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March 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Like the Light Dots, the directions for this block were also fusible applique with zig-zag and interfacing, but I thought it might be fun to do needle-turn applique<\/a>, a hand-stitching technique I learned in a class in an Indiana quilt shop in 1998 and haven’t done since.

You know why I haven’t done it since? I hate it. I hate it so bad, my brain completely erased it to protect me from ever doing it again, but I thought I was smarter than my own brain. After watching some YouTube tutorials, I got started.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Freezer paper template, pinned into place a full half-inch wrong, so I had to undo the whole thing and start over.
September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

IT TOOK THREE DAYS. Mr Radish was on a business trip, so I was able to live off tacos to save time, but this is all I did for three whole days.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It’s curvy. Sort of.
September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Needle-turn looks so beautiful when other people do it. When I do it, it looks…well, it’s finished, and there are fifteen other blocks to distract a viewer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I actually like the design, maybe I should have done fusible.<\/em>
September 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Punky Beauty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The last block!

The piecing on this one was so awful<\/a>, I decided returning to the cardboard circle method couldn’t make it any worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m not sure which side is up anymore.
October 2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next step is to sew the blocks into four rows of four. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The applique is finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[269],"class_list":["post-6609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patchwork","tag-log-beauties"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t