Modern Log Cabin Quilt Designs

There really is a pattern for everyone.

Modern log cabin quilt designs.

Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink. Traditional log cabin blocks are joined with easy to piece star sashing for an all american quilt. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations. Turned and arranged to create a variety of shapes and patterns in the finished quilt such as zigzags diagonal lines triangles or diamonds.

The book begins with an excellent chapter on quiltmaking basics followed by a chapter on log cabin block styles. And because a log cabin design consists of just square and rectangular shapes it. 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 br br log cabin quilt patterns are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. And depending on the arrangement of the blocks and the fabric colors chosen it can also make a great modern quilt.

I love them also for their potential for block variation. Here we ve compiled a list of our. However more experienced quilters still love them as log cabin blocks can be made many different ways. 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.

Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities. Log cabin quilt blocks are a timeless and simple pattern easy for any quilter to master. For speed and accuracy rotary cut the strips then stitch them in sequence to make each block.