Modern Log Cabin Quilts

Modern log cabin quilts while traditional log cabin quilts work with alternating dark and light halves in each block there are many other options for working with the log cabin block.

Modern log cabin quilts.

They are simple blocks in clear bright colours. Remaining quilt blocks are turned to create the continuous look of squares within squares. Only three techniques are used snowball block half square triangles and pieced strips. Create a quilt that quite literally looks like a piece of art with this fine line log cabin quilt.

I love them also for their potential for block variation. The contrast can be shifted by placing the dark halves of blocks in the quilt s central area. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations. In modern log cabin quilting susan beal outlines the entire process from start to finish including basic quilting how to as well as extensive design fabric and embellishment information.

There is an introduction to assembling the quilts but no quilting instructions nevertheless the clear photos show the quilting designs. These 20 quilts are a modern development of traditional log cabin blocks. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board. Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities.

See a tip below that i learned from a wise teacher in my early days of quilting they are the perfect blocks to learn many quilt making skills such as accurate seams and controlled lengths of straight line sewing. A timeless favorite set aside log cabin quilts are among my favorite quilt block designs and i spent plenty of time making them when i first started quilting. One option is to make alternating rounds of light and dark logs in each block. A modern take on the classic log cabin block this free quilt pattern uses precise lines and exact piecing to create its clean and sophisticated design.

Plus you ll have a goregous and modern log cabin quilt to show for it.