Modern Log Cabin Quilt Designs

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Modern log cabin quilt designs.

A log cabin quilt or log cabin quilt block is one of the most popular traditional quilt patterns and is pieced together using strips of fabric with a small square at the center of the block br br log cabin quilt patterns are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. Here we ve compiled a list of our. And because a log cabin design consists of just square and rectangular shapes it. Turned and arranged to create a variety of shapes and patterns in the finished quilt such as zigzags diagonal lines triangles or diamonds.

Traditional log cabin blocks are joined with easy to piece star sashing for an all american quilt. I love them also for their potential for block variation. Of course there are many other log cabin quilt designs in the book including the classic log cabin courthouse steps and wonky log cabins with improvisational piecing. Log cabin quilt blocks are a timeless and simple pattern easy for any quilter to master.

There really is a pattern for everyone. Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board.

For speed and accuracy rotary cut the strips then stitch them in sequence to make each block. And depending on the arrangement of the blocks and the fabric colors chosen it can also make a great modern quilt. However more experienced quilters still love them as log cabin blocks can be made many different ways.