Last week I shared my step by step tutorial for the gorgeous Log Cabin block, and I'm sure you've been sewing up a storm and made a huge pile of your own blocks. ;) So, what now? What do you do with these blocks? How do you lay them out into a quilt design? Today I'm going to show you how one of these Classic Quilt Blocks can create at least fifteen stunning and unique quilt designs. One of the reasons I love this block so much is its versatility. It may be a simple block, but it creates visually sophisticated quilt designs. Playing around with different layouts is always fun, and there are so many possibilities with the Log Cabin block - it's hard to choose a favorite layout actually. I've drafted up fifteen unique quilt designs to inspire you to sew at least one of your own gorgeous Log Cabin quilts, and these are not actual patterns just ideas to inspire you. Simple layouts make stunning quilts. Both options are visually appealing, and even in a basic colour palette they are still eye catching - imagine how they would look in bright colourful scrappy fabrics. All of my examples are designed using the same Log Cabin block I used for the step by step tutorial and you can add more blocks or use a larger sized block to create your quilts. For those who grabbed the paper piecing templates, you can use a block with more strips to change the look of each design even further. You'll find that in a few of these examples the Log Cabin block creates some lovely movement in the quilt just like the blue quilt on the left. The design flows around the quilt and it looks spectacular - like a gorgeous big windmill. I also like the peaks or furrows of the pink quilt. It creates a visually stunning pattern and you could really play around with this layout and sew something wonderful. Alternating where you place the light and dark sides of the Log Cabin blocks will also change the look of any of these quilts. Don't be afraid to reverse the order of these layouts - make it your own and play around until you're happy! Regardless of whether you flip and rotate your blocks or set them in a straight setting, like the quilt on the right, you're always guaranteed a stunning quilt when you use a Log Cabin block. I love both of these designs - the purple one has that gorgeous Sawtooth Star centre and how cute are the orange pinwheels? I'm a sucker for pinwheels and Log Cabin's as pinwheels in a quilt, well...be still my heart! In both of these layouts you really have to look for the star and the pinwheels, so it adds a little interest or a talking point when your showing off your quilt. Once you see them though, then that's all you see. So fun! I can imagine both of these designs as either a mini quilt or a quilt with super-sized blocks sewn into a large throw. Big blocks will make a dramatic impact and will result in a quick finish which we all need from time to time. Don't forget to use the chart I shared last week to sew your blocks bigger or smaller to achieve the quilt size you require. If you want to replicate any of these examples you should be able to count the number of blocks in each quilt and use the diagrams as a guide for block orientation. How stunning are these ones? I love the cross effect the Log Cabin block creates, and I think this would have to be my favorite way to set these blocks. The quilt design looks far more complex than it actually is, so blocks like the Log Cabin are encouraging for beginners. They can create a visual masterpiece using one simple block which is pretty special. Both of these designs are stunning, but my favorite would have to be the pink one. I love how it creates a snail trail pattern around the quilt. If you're not familiar with the Snail Trail block, then you might learn more about it in future Classic Quilt Block posts. ;) I don't know about you, but I want to sew one of each of these quilts - each one seems prettier than the last one, don't you think? How about we just sew Log Cabin blocks for the rest of our quilting journey and see how many stunning quilts we can make? You in? ;) And I saved my absolute favorite layout until last. This is the layout I chose for my first Log Cabin quilt. Mine is a scrappy version with predominately country colours against a cream background. It's a stunning quilt and I really must quilt it one day - I've always wanted to free motion feathers in the light sections but never had the confidence to just sit down at the machine and do it. This is an old picture I found of my quilt, and it was taken as I was piecing the blocks together. :) It's so pretty! Have any of these quilt designs inspired you to sew your own Log Cabin quilt? I hope they have, if not now then sometime in the future. It's fun to see how many ways you can use this Classic Quilt Block and I'm sure there are many, many more ways to set these blocks. I hope I've inspired you to at least play around and see what you come up with for your next Log Cabin quilt. Next week is the last week of my Log Cabin Classic Quilt Blocks posts and I have a gorgeous log cabin inspired mini quilt for you to sew. It's so pretty and the perfect way to celebrate this wonderful Spring weather we're having at the moment. Until then... Happy quilting :)
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I just finished this custom beauty for June. First I'll show the pictures then a little bit on how we collaborated on the quilting design and the tools used. There were things flying everywhere in the studio with this one! Templates, rulers, stencils, marking tools, manila folders, all of it all over all the time, what fun! You can find June Bacchi on Facebook for more info on the wonderful quilt. This one has two layers of batting, Hobbs wool on top, heirloom 80/20 on the bottom. Glide 40 wt thread on top and 60 wt in the bobbin. Man, my machine LOVES this combination! Now, wasn't that something. The pattern is Hearth and Home from Today's Quilter Magazine. They have a facebook page as well. These blocks were really big and I'm not accustom to such large blocks. For this I really wanted to try the pattern on the actual size block (rather than marking something up on the tablet). I used florist cellophane (you can get a large roll from Amazon for less then 10.00 delivered to your door). I use painters tape on the edges so it's crystal clear where the cellophane ends and the quilt is unprotected. Then I just draw right on the plastic. I had some ideas about some simple feathers in the colored part of the log cabin (without the house) and drawing that simple idea I quickly found out that was NOT going to work. I was drawing a few ideas for the white area of the same block, one of them involved cat tails ( the plants not real cats :). June then thought 4 seasons would be good (which really is a great idea) but then she thought of the hearts, which was a fabulous idea. After a bit of back and forth together we came up with the quilting design. And that is how one idea leads to another which leads to another.... I love the collaboration. It brings things that neither party would have come up with on their one. I was just in love with this. I added a heart in the colored area a bit larger and that made the feathers much easier to quilt in that area. Then took the heart and put those on the door and above the door. That unifies it all - my home is my heart as June puts it. Home definitely is where the heart is for this quilt! Good tool to find out what *doesn't * work. The ones on the right were original thoughts until I drew then full size, then on to plan B Other tools that were used once the design was done - the sashing and first border needed a serpentine spine feather. In Margaret Solomon Gunn's book Featherless Feathers she shows how to use adding machine tape to calculate (hehe) the curve for the space. Fold in half as many times as you like, then mark the centers, add your curve and cut. I used a really thin paper, so I took a complete piece of the arcs and made a template from a manila folder, one for the border, one for the sashing. Worked like a charm. I just used one of my many curved rulers for the corners. Stencils - I used a couple of stencils for this project. The clam shells and the 1/2 in cross hatching were used on the roof and the bricks. Deloa Jones has some wonderful grid based stencils I had one stencil with two hearts just the right size for the door and above the door. No reason you have to use the entire stencils, just use the parts you want!! I didn't have stencils nor did Santa bring me a set of circle templates, so I made my own hearts and circle again. I add registration marks to the templates for ease in placement. Rulers - of course I used used Linda Hrcka's curved rulers this one used the 20 and the 34, first time I got to use one of the big curves. Was perfect for this big blocks! I also used Bethanne Nemesh garden line straight edge and quilters Rule curves - that is just a great one for same curves, used it on the curtains. The usual marking tools no change here. I'll be sad to see this feathered beauty go, Thanks for letting me quilt for you June, loved the collaboration and what we came up with for the quilting plan together! I was having so much fun with this feathers that I neglected Good Fortune, but I did get a couple of the blocks done Just an FYI - I am not affiliated with any of the products that I show here, I'm just a very happy customer and highly recommend their products.
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This month for Quilt Block Mania, we're going Traditional with a Twist. I've taken the prompt literally this time and have created this Twisted Log Cabin block, which does exactly what it says on the tin :-) It's a traditional log cabin block, but turned on point to make a fun-looking block that can be used for bigger
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Note: See the section with cutting instructions for yardage requirement update but beware as amounts haven't been tested. Popular Log Cabin Quilt, fabric by Maywood Studio My manager made this quilt top and I quilted it, for a coworker. Several people have asked about a tutorial for the block, which follows here. The first border is 3", the little pink border is 1 1/2" and the outer border is 6". I found some similar fabrics but rusty red and peach tones instead of pink. Here are instructions to make this 12 1/2" log cabin block (12" finished) Gather your fabrics. I'm using 11 different fabrics. Press Your fabrics using a little steam and/or starch, being careful not to stretch the fabric. This will help prevent it from shrinking after you cut, sew, and press it. Cut your strips. The center is 2 1/2" and all other fabrics are 1 1/2" so cut strips the width of the fabric. You'll need 3 or 4 or 5 of these strips depending upon how many blocks you are making. I'm a fan of strip sewing, but you could also cut your strips into the following sizes. Cut one each of the following for each block. Update: A reader requested the yardage requirements, so I am doing some calculations, but I haven't tested these calculations so double check on your own for accuracy. Yardage is based on a width of fabric (WOF) being 42", making a quilt 72 x 96" aka (48) 12" blocks, and assuming very little waste and no mistakes. Also fabric amounts DO NOT include borders, binding, or backing 1. Center: 2 1/2" square: 1/4 of a yard, cut into 2 1/2" x WOF strips 2. First light fabric 1 1/2 x 2 1/2" strip and 1 1/2 x 3 1/2" strips: 1/3 of a yard cut into 1 1/2" x WOF strips (note: cut all the rest of the strips 1 1/2" x WOF) 3. Second light fabric 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 strip and 1 1/2 x 4 1/2" strips (note: this is to surround the middle block for contrast, all other strips will be on their respective light or dark side): 1/2 of a yard 4. First dark fabric 1 1/2 x 4 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 5 1/2" strips: 1/2 of a yard 5. Third light fabric 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 6 1/2" strips: 5/8 of a yard 6. Second dark fabric 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 7 1/2" strips: 2/3 of a yard 7. Forth light fabric1 1/2 x 7 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 8 1/2" strips: 1 yard 8. Third dark fabric 1 1/2 x 8 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 9 1/2" strips: 1 yard 9. Fifth light fabric 1 1/2 x 9 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 10 1/2" strips: 1 yard 10. Forth dark fabric 1 1/2 x 10 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 11 1/2" strips: 1 1/4 yards 11. Sixth light fabric 1 1/2 x 11 1/2 and 1 1/2 x 12 1/2" strips: 1 1/3 yards (Note: I was just thinking, to preserve the fabrics you use to make the 1 1/2 x 11 1/2 and the 1 1/2 x 12 1/2" strips in #10 & #11, cut your strips 1 1/2 x 38" and that will leave the remaining fabric in larger pieces, so you aren't wasting or having so much left over, narrow strips.) Okay that was stressful knowing some of you may rely on these calculations and I may have made a mistake so please, please, double check on your own!!! Sew the 2 1/2" strip to your first 1 1/2" strip and then cut into 2 1/2" sections. Next you will sew another 1 1/2" strip (the same fabric to one side) and then cut and trim into 3 1/2" squares (see the picture). Your next strips will also be light to frame the center block. Sew the 3 1/2" squares onto the 2nd light 1 1/2 strip (or 1 1/2 x 3 1/2" strip) Cut apart into 3 1/2 x 4 1/2" sections Sew on the next strip (same fabric), press open, cut into 4 1/2" squares Now you will sew on your first dark 1 1/2" strip, press open, and square up to 4 1/2 x 5 1/2" (remember when squaring up to make sure the center 2 1/2" square is centered) Sew the next strip (same fabric), press open, cut into 5 1/2" squares Next is your 3rd light strip; follow steps as before (block will be 6 1/2") and then the 2nd dark strips and at this point you will have a 7 1/2" square You can see how I'm sewing each block to the long strip here in assembly line fashion. With the next set of light and dark strips, the big square is now 9 1/2" Here you can see a row in graduated sizes, this big square is now 10 1/2" 10 1/2" square Here is my new Laura Star steam iron. My neighbor had raved about hers and she let me demo it and it was wonderful! I never thought I'd spend so much on an iron, but when my iron broke last week, I decided to splurge! With the final two set of light and dark strips, you now have a 12 1/2" block Let me know if you have any questions and hopefully I haven't made mistakes in my instructions! Linking up with Alycia Quilts love her pink placemats! And with Sarah (fabric addict)
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En patchwork, le Log Cabin est un des blocs traditionnels le plus connu et le plus aimé. The Log Cabin quilt block is one of the most well-known and beloved of traditional quilt designs. Photo Patch and Dot Un motif dans lequel des bandes de tissu étroites entourent un carré central pour former un bloc. Les bandes peuvent être piécées, ou cousues sur un support en papier ou en tissu. A quilt pattern in which narrow fabric strips surround a central square to form a block. These may be pieced from strips or sewn onto a foundation of paper or fabric. Photo Christine Feldstein Aux Etats-Unis, le modèle traditionnel comprend généralement un carré central rouge, qui symbolise le foyer d’une maison, ou un centre jaune pour une lumière accueillante à la fenêtre. Une moitié du bloc utilise des tissus clairs pour représenter le côté ensoleillé de la maison, et à l'opposé des tissus sombres pour le côté ombragé. Ce bloc est souvent associé au mouvement pionnier des années 1800 aux États-Unis, cependant des motifs similaires ont été trouvés sur des momies égyptiennes anciennes et dans un quilt anglais antérieur à 1830. Traditional log cabin block typically use a red center square, meant to symbolize the hearth of a home, or a yellow center for a welcoming light in the window. One half is made of light fabrics for the sunny side of the house and dark values on the opposite side for the shady side. These blocks are often associated with the pioneer movement of the 1800s in United States. However, similar designs have been found on ancient Egyptian mummies and in an English quilt predating 1830. Photo Momsobsession Comment faire : How to: Le Log Cabin se construit indifféremment dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre, ou dans l'autre. Commencer par assembler le carré du centre au carré qui sera à côté (1 et 2). Ajouter un rectangle de la même longueur que ces 2 carrés ensemble (3). Puis tourner autour de ce centre en ajoutant des rectangles à une extrémité (4, puis 5, 6, etc.) jusqu'à obtenir la largeur du bloc désirée. The Log Cabin block is built clockwise or counterclockwise. Start by assembling the square from the centre to the square next to it (1 and 2). Add a rectangle the same length as these two squares together (3). Then turn around this center adding rectangles at one end (4, then 5, 6, etc.) until you get the desired width for the block. Photo Janet Wickell Variations du Log Cabin : Variation on a Log Cabin quilt block: Photo Julie Baird Courthouse Steps Quilt Block Photo Julie Baird Chimneys and Cornerstones Quilt Block Photo Julie Baird Pineapple Quilt Block Exemples : Examples: Photo Springville Museum of Art Quilt Show Photo Pomada Photo Donna Photo isathreadsoflife Photo JoAnn Belling Photo Judy Martin Photo Mandy Munroe Photo Brigitte Morgenroth Photo u/InterestedTurkey Photo Carrément Crazy Mon challenge A to Z / My AtoZ Challenge A - Z : A = Appliqué A - Z : B = Binding, Biais de finition A - Z : C = Celtic, Celtique A - Z : D = Design A - Z : E = Embellishment, Embellissement A - Z : F = FPP, Fondation A - Z : G = Grain A - Z : H = Hawaiian quilt A - Z : I = Iron A - Z : J = Join A - Z : K = Knot Linking up with A to Z Challenge / UFO Busting / ScrapHappy Saturday / Oh Scrap!
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In a hurry? Choose a Honey Bun and a Charm Pack in Your Favorite Fabric Combo! Log Cabin quilts are a real favorite of ours. We love how many ways you can lay out the blocks to create entirely different looks. We also enjoy the play of light and shadow that can be achieved when …
The Quarter Log Cabin (which is also known as the Half Log Cabin) quilt block is a super easy beginner-friendly quilt block. The pattern is great for making scrappy quilts but can make a stunning planned quilt as well. Let's dive in to the basic instructions and then look at several ways you can easily modify the block to create a quilt that is uniquely your own!
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Today let's sew up an Uneven Log Cabin quilt block! This variation (also known as an Off-Center Log Cabin) of the ever-popular log cabin adds a curve by using different width strips.
Every once in awhile I quilt a client quilt that I really don’t want to give back, this is one of them! I love the batik fabrics and the pieced pattern which is called Aegean Sea and it can be found in the book Stellar Quilts by Judy Martin. When I put a lot of thought and work into the quilting designs I feel a bit of ownership to it even thought I know it has to be mailed back to it owner. And the owner of this quilt is the daughter of my client Gail who sent me the last two quilts I posted. Looks like she learned the art of quilting very well from her mom! I was asked to quilt it just like in the book but I like to be a bit more creative and put my own interpretation into the quilting so was given the go ahead to change it up. In the open spaces I created a feather wreath around a pumpkin seed design in two circles. Here is a picture of how it was quilted in the book, you can see I used the pumpkin seed design and the extended feathers from the wreath but changed up the shape of the wreath and filled in more to create more texture and balance. I repeated the pumpkin seed design in the star blocks, the book only had that design in the center square of the star but I continued and carried it into the background squares to really tie it into the feathered wreath design. I SID around all the Greek key pieced designs and added loops in the inner and outer border. Its a large quilt, 99”x99” and covered most of what is left of my ice patch! I just don’t want to send this one home but I’ll get it in the mail this week Gail, I promise! :)
At this warm time of year, a sweet quilt made from feed sack fabrics seems a good piece to consider. This circa 1940s quilt was made in LaGrange, Texas, a small town between Houston and Austin, known in quilting circles as the home of the Texas Quilt Museum.
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If you can believe what is on the internet (ever) then you might know that the log cabin quilt dates back further than the pioneer days in the United States. Supposedly, similar designs were found…
