Log Cabin Quilt Square

Since it needs both dark and light fabrics it is an excellent pattern to use up scraps and small bits of fabric.

Log cabin quilt square.

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 are a staple in american quilting and first rose to popularity during the time of the civil war. Jelly rolls make it a cinch to sew a scrap quilt made up of log cabin blocks. A log cabin block is a traditional quilt block that is a good starting point for a beginning quilter.

Like so many other quilt blocks the log cabin quilt block became popular in the 1860s during the civil war. It works well in the originally used flannels and plaids or equally well in cotton prints and florals. Log cabin quilt blocks feature strips of fabric pieced around a center square. This easy log cabin quilt block pattern shows you how to sew traditionally designed blocks that finish at 14 square.

I have a rather large stash or fabric resource center as i ve been quilting for almost twenty years and sewing for at least another twenty five. The log cabin quilt block. While square blocks typically come to mind log cabin blocks can be square rectangular triangular diamond shaped twisted or even curved. The basic structure of this quilt block is a center shape surrounded by strips or logs.

The reason is twofold. In my own quilts i like to use either 1 1 2 or 1 1 4 cut strips to build my log cabin quilt blocks when the quilt is made from mostly or all log cabin blocks. The starting shape can be centered or anywhere else in the block.