Log Cabin Quilts and its’ Variations One of the most popular quilt blocks, the Log Cabin block is...

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Log Cabin Quilts and its’ Variations One of the most popular quilt blocks, the Log Cabin block is easy to piece and is a good choice for the beginning quilter. It is an excellent choice for a scrap quilt and offers many different settings and variations thus making it popular with more seasoned quilters.

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Log Cabin Quilts and its’ Variations

One of the most popular quilt blocks, the Log Cabin block is easy to piece and is a good

choice for the beginning quilter. It is an excellent choice for a scrap quilt and offers many different

settings and variations thus making it popular with more seasoned quilters.

Log Cabin designs were made in the United States as early as the 1860s, and their

construction introduced the new foundation technique. In this technique, a square of

lightweight cotton cloth is cut to the size of the block, and fabric is pieced to that foundation,

working from the center out. In many of the old quilts the center square was red. This was to symbolize the hearth of the home. Since the foundation acts as an extra inner layer, these

quilts do not usually incorporate a layer of batting and are not quilted, although sometimes

they are tied.

Log Cabin Light and DarkDoll Quilt 23” x 26” 1890

Log Cabin: Barn RaisingUnited Kingdom1890

Log Cabin: Barn Raising Variation 1870

Light and Dark 1875

Log Cabin: Light and Dark 1885

Log Cabin: Court House StepsDoll Quilt 1880

Log Cabin: Light and Dark 1925 Amish

Log Cabin: Light and Dark/Straight Furrows 1925

Gee’s Bend Quilts

Log Cabin: Housetop Henrietta Pettway 1930

Log Cabin: Housetop Amelia Bennett “Bars and Strips” 1929

Log Cabin: Housetop Rachel Carey “Georgia” 1930

Log Cabin: Housetop Martha Jane Pettway 1945

Log Cabin: Housetop Sue Willie Seltzer 1955

Log Cabin: Housetop Addie Pearl Nicholson 1974

Log Cabin Flora Moore 1975

Log CabinSadie Bell Nelson “Monkey Wrench” 1965

Log Cabin: Housetop Mary Liz Kennedy 1965

Log Cabin: Housetop Linda Diane Bennett 1970

Log Cabin: Housetop Minnie Sue Coleman “Pig in the Pen” 1970

Log Cabin: Housetop Irene Williams 1975

Log Cabin: Housetop Mary Lee Bendolp 1998

Log Cabin Quilts Contemporary Variations

Log Cabin: Anna Williams “LIX Log Cabin” 1993

Log Cabin: Light and Dark Straight FurrowsDena Canty 1991

Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Crazy Squares 1997

Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Jewel Squares 1997

Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Jewel Squares 1997

Log Cabin: Nancy Crow “Crosses”1976

Log Cabin: Liz Axford Emotions and Abstractions #2 1994

Log Cabin: Liz Axford Within and Without #6 2000

Log Cabin: South Africa - Jutta Farringer “In The Smoky Mountains” 1998

Log Cabin: South Africa - Juta Farringer “Reisefieber” (Anticipating the Journey) 2000

Log Cabin: Amy Orr “Twist Tied” 2000

Log Cabin: Korea Mi Sik Kim “Lost Years” 2002

Log Cabin: Japan Tomoko Fujioka “Butterfly” 1990

Log Cabin: JapanToyoko Fujisaki “Moon Light” 1990