Modern Log Cabin Quilt Designs

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.

Modern log cabin quilt designs.

Buy this pattern here. 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. There really is a pattern for everyone.

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. As i prepared to publish my third log cabin book in 2013 i started this board. Since i wrote my first log cabin book in 1980 i have published pattens for 75 different log cabin block and quilt variations.

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. However more experienced quilters still love them as log cabin blocks can be made many different ways. Traditional log cabin blocks are joined with easy to piece star sashing for an all american quilt. And depending on the arrangement of the blocks and the fabric colors chosen it can also make a great modern quilt.

Turned and arranged to create a variety of shapes and patterns in the finished quilt such as zigzags diagonal lines triangles or diamonds. Log cabin quilt blocks are a timeless and simple pattern easy for any quilter to master. Interrupted log cabin quilt by tula pink.