Making A Log Cabin Quilt

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Making a log cabin quilt.

Like so many other quilt blocks the log cabin quilt block became popular in the 1860s during the civil war. The blocks popularity may have been connected to abraham lincoln because of his pioneer history and the american values of the era. The red roses in the white areas were machine quilted. The starting shape can be centered or anywhere else in the block.

Https bit ly simplelogcabin yt jenny doan demonstrates how to make a classic log cabin quilt using 2 5 inch. The name log cabin comes from the narrow strips of fabric or logs arranged around the center square. Its easy construction is disguised by the color and layout which creates an amazing quilt. A log cabin by barb bergquist.

The standard log cabin block is constructed by adding strips the logs one at a time around a centered square. The log cabin quilt block. These quilt blocks are arranged in a fields and furrows layout. While square blocks typically come to mind log cabin blocks can be square rectangular triangular diamond shaped twisted or even curved.

It was made for a friend s birthday. This quilt was sewn using a confetti log cabin quilt pattern. 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. Shop the simple log cabin quilt supplies here.

And because the straight lines and small pieces of the pattern can utilize almost any fabric scrap available historically it often became the final step in the recycling of used fabric. Jelly rolls are bundled rolls that are formed from pre cut strips of coordinated fabric. Jelly rolls make it a cinch to sew a scrap quilt made up of log cabin blocks. The quilt measures about 74 x 96.

Each fabric strip or log is added to the pattern in much the same way logs were stacked to build a cabin. Both sizes were really fun to make. But before we get into the many looks of a log cabin quilt let s talk about how you make a log cabin block. This week rachel from citrus and mint put together a great log cabin quilt block tutorial and cutting instructions for making a 6 x 6 and 12 x 12 traditional log cabin quilt block.