Modern Log Cabin Quilt Layouts

I love them also for their potential for block variation.

Modern log cabin quilt layouts.

Like the fields the pioneers plowed this design emphasizes the straight line. Click image to print the 6 block of the log cabin quilt pattern. Zigzag or streaks of lightning. You ll need even numbers.

Log cabin quilt designs straight furrows. Feb 20 2020 log cabin quilts are enduringly popular because of their ease of construction and their many setting possibilities. Sunshine and shadows log cabin quilt layout. There s lot of energy in this layout.

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. Log cabin quilt patterns have many variations most of which are dependent upon the fabrics you choose. Design potentials are almost endless and this pattern is a great way to use up scraps and remnants. This board is a collection of log cabin quilts showcasing various layouts.

And because the fabric shapes are usually quite narrow and often short it can also be a great way to use up fabric scraps. Light sides touch in each row of two blocks. A simple setting to showcase your fabric scraps. Maybe these patterns will spark some ideas.

Look closely at the photo and you ll notice that the design is created when four quilt blocks are clustered together into two rows. Log cabin quilt patterns are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board. Sunshine and shadows is a popular log cabin quilt design.

Here are some creative designs that use log cabin blocks. Or conversely the design. See more ideas about log cabin quilts log cabin quilt quilts. Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink.

Make one of these free variations of log cabin quilts. 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. 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. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations.

Get instructions for a basic log cabin block here.