Log Cabin Block Tutorial

The log cabin quilt block.

Log cabin block tutorial.

Use your charm packs too. The blocks popularity may have been connected to abraham lincoln because of his pioneer history and the american values of the era. So as you can see log cabins are indeed beginner friendly. In this tutorial you ll find.

Beginners get out your jelly rolls and start quilting today. While square blocks typically come to mind log cabin blocks can be square rectangular triangular diamond shaped twisted or even curved. It s a traditional quilt block. Jelly rolls are bundled rolls that are formed from pre cut strips of coordinated fabric.

Jelly rolls make it a cinch to sew a scrap quilt made up of log cabin blocks. Both sizes were really fun to make. This is a very easy block. A few years ago i posted a tutorial for how to make a scrappy log cabin block similar to the one i make in the video.

The starting shape can be centered or anywhere else in the block. 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. Last week s block was a churn dash block you can find the tutorial here. In the tutorial you ll see step by step photos similar to the ones in the video.

I ve also included the fabric strip sizes you need to make a block finishing at 8 x 8 like the ones shown above. She made hers scrappy and didn t necessarily piece her strips in the same order each round. Beginners you will absolutely love the log cabin block. Like so many other quilt blocks the log cabin quilt block became popular in the 1860s during the civil war.

Log cabin quilt block pattern tutorial. Find that post here. My daughter s version shows some of the ways you can modify the log cabin design. 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.

Log cabin quilt block instructions. This easy log cabin quilt block uses 2 1 2 inch strips.