Modern Log Cabin Quilts

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.

Modern log cabin quilts.

Only three techniques are used snowball block half square triangles and pieced strips. These 20 quilts are a modern development of traditional log cabin blocks. I love them also for their potential for block variation. There is an introduction to assembling the quilts but no quilting instructions nevertheless the clear photos show the quilting designs.

Remaining quilt blocks are turned to create the continuous look of squares within squares. 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. Since all log cabin designs follow the same formula once you master straight lines and right angles any of the 25 projects in this book are possible. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board.

They are simple blocks in clear bright colours. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations. Log cabin quilts are sometimes made using foundation piecing techniques but they can also be sewn piece by piece without the help of foundations. Not just for.

Plus you ll have a goregous and modern log cabin quilt to show for it. 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. The contrast can be shifted by placing the dark halves of blocks in the quilt s central area. 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.