Log Cabin Block

Let s assume we re going to make the red and white block shown above.

Log cabin block.

Jelly rolls make it a cinch to sew a scrap quilt made up of log cabin blocks. My daughter s version shows some of the ways you can modify the log cabin design. The ultimate sewing test. She made hers scrappy and didn t necessarily piece her strips in the same order each round.

So as you can see log cabins are indeed beginner friendly. Here s another log cabin block this one made by my 9 year old. The basic structure of this quilt block is a center shape surrounded by strips or logs. The log cabin quilt block.

It is a total of 9 logs across including the center square. 12 inch log cabin block no 1. To construct a 12 inch log cabin quilt block using only jelly rolls 1 make the center square by stitching two 2 1 2 x 4 1 2 inch strips together along the lengthwise edges to make a 4 inch finished size center square. 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.

I used two different fabrics with a white background and red print. For log cabin quilt blocks we need to take this a bit further. Log cabin quilt blocks feature strips of fabric pieced around a center square. The starting shape can be centered or anywhere else in the block.

While square blocks typically come to mind log cabin blocks can be square rectangular triangular diamond shaped twisted or even curved. The blocks popularity may have been connected to abraham lincoln because of his pioneer history and the american values of the era. Jelly rolls are bundled rolls that are formed from pre cut strips of coordinated fabric. Use the technique in a variety of ways to get different looks in quilts built from the same block.

The log cabin block is constructed using strips and you can set the width of the strip to suit the finished look of your design. Jan 16 2019 explore sharon morris s board log cabin variations followed by 1614 people on pinterest. As i showed previously very small mistakes add up during construction 1 32 off per log added up to 1 2 off. Like so many other quilt blocks the log cabin quilt block became popular in the 1860s during the civil war.