Modern Log Cabin Quilt Designs

Traditional log cabin blocks are joined with easy to piece star sashing for an all american quilt.

Modern log cabin quilt designs. For speed and accuracy rotary cut the strips then stitch them in sequence to make each block. Here we ve compiled a list of our. The colors the prints are unimportant as long as the values of the fabrics you choose are consistently dark or consistently light. Notice how the purple strips draw your eye.

The book begins with an excellent chapter on quiltmaking basics followed by a chapter on log cabin block styles. Log cabin quilt blocks are a timeless and simple pattern easy for any quilter to master. Blue and green is a favorite color combination and i had lots to choose from. 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.

But i loved this modern version found in modern designs for classic quilts. Modern log cabin quilt made with solids quilts modern log cabin quilt quilts low volume pin by lee jordan on log cabin quilts modern log cabin quilt block designs. 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. However more experienced quilters still love them as log cabin blocks can be made many different ways.

Log cabin quilt designs are a terrific way to use up your scraps because the design is determined by the contrast between the light and dark values of the logs. Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink. Star block wall quilts. This versatile quilt block is a fun way to test your creativity in color and design to give a new spin on an old classic.

I love them also for their potential for block variation. Of course there are many other log cabin quilt designs in the book including the classic log cabin courthouse steps and wonky log cabins with improvisational piecing. Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities. There really is a pattern for everyone.

I ve been on a mission to use my stash and combine fabrics from many different lines collected over the years. Log cabin is about as traditional as you can get. And because the fabric shapes are.