Log Cabin Block

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.

Log cabin block.

Jelly rolls make it a cinch to sew a scrap quilt made up of log cabin blocks. Log cabin quilt blocks feature strips of fabric pieced around a center square. It is a total of 9 logs across including the center square. Let s assume we re going to make the red and white block shown above.

While square blocks typically come to mind log cabin blocks can be square rectangular triangular diamond shaped twisted or even curved. My daughter s version shows some of the ways you can modify the log cabin design. The blocks popularity may have been connected to abraham lincoln because of his pioneer history and the american values of the era. The log cabin quilt block.

As i showed previously very small mistakes add up during construction 1 32 off per log added up to 1 2 off. She made hers scrappy and didn t necessarily piece her strips in the same order each round. 12 inch log cabin block no 1. Use the technique in a variety of ways to get different looks in quilts built from the same block.

The ultimate sewing test. Jan 16 2019 explore sharon morris s board log cabin variations followed by 1614 people on pinterest. The starting shape can be centered or anywhere else in the block. So as you can see log cabins are indeed beginner friendly.

For log cabin quilt blocks we need to take this a bit further. Jelly rolls are bundled rolls that are formed from pre cut strips of coordinated fabric. The log cabin block is constructed using strips and you can set the width of the strip to suit the finished look of your design. Here s another log cabin block this one made by my 9 year old.

To construct a 12 inch log cabin quilt block using only jelly rolls 1 make the center square by stitching two 2 1 2 x 4 1 2 inch strips together along the lengthwise edges to make a 4 inch finished size center square. I used two different fabrics with a white background and red print. If you want to reduce the time spent cutting fabric you can use jelly rolls and the following diagram gives you the measurements of the various pieces of the block using the 2 width of a jelly roll. The rolls are usually made up of 30 or 40 strips that measure 2 1 2 in width and are cut from selvage to selvage about 42 long.