Modern Log Cabin Quilt Layouts

Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities.

Modern log cabin quilt layouts.

You ll need even numbers. There s lot of energy in this layout. A simple setting to showcase your fabric scraps. Log cabin is a classic adaptable quilt block.

Maybe these patterns will spark some ideas. Make one of these free variations of log cabin quilts. 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. I love them also for their potential for block variation.

And because the fabric shapes are usually quite narrow and often short it can also be a great way to use up fabric scraps. Look closely at the photo and you ll notice that the design is created when four quilt blocks are clustered together into two rows. Log cabin quilt designs straight furrows. Zigzag or streaks of lightning.

Like the fields the pioneers plowed this design emphasizes the straight line. Sunshine and shadows is a popular log cabin quilt design. Log cabin quilt patterns are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. Design potentials are almost endless and this pattern is a great way to use up scraps and remnants.

Get instructions for a basic log cabin block here. Feb 3 2020 the set layout or arrangement of asymmetrical log cabin blocks creates a beautiful secondary pattern in the quilt. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board. Or conversely the design.

Here are some creative designs that use log cabin blocks. Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations. The book begins with an excellent chapter on quiltmaking basics followed by a chapter on log cabin block styles.

This board is a collection of log cabin quilts showcasing various layouts. Light sides touch in each row of two blocks. Log cabin quilt patterns have many variations most of which are dependent upon the fabrics you choose. And because a log cabin design consists of just square and rectangular shapes it can be a great quilt project for a beginner because they ll be no stretchy bias edges to deal with.

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