Notice how the purple strips draw your eye. Need an odd number of rows and an even number of columns.

To create a symmetrical quilt with this horizontal setting you'll Like the fields the pioneers plowed, this design emphasizes the straight In all of the Log Cabin quilt designs shown below the number of blocks in the rows and columns is underneath the image. Reminiscent of the pioneer times when this block first appeared inĪmerican culture, sometime in the 1860's. While you can arrange your blocks any way you wish (and it's a lot ofįun!), there are several recognized layout designs with names And that's VERY important for all the designs below. With a good contrast between your 'light' and 'dark'įabrics, the finished blocks have a strong diagonal line through theĬenter. Again, the ultimate design choice is up to you! If you would prefer to have it 'lighter', then the first two logs you add should be dark. If the first two 'logs' you add are light fabrics, Take a closer look and you will see that after theĬenter red square, the next log was a light followed by another light and In a clockwise order, but really the most important thing is to make them all the same.Īll clockwise or all counter-clockwise. I learned to sew the Log Cabin by adding strips

Is adding logs in one direction better than the other? The choice is up to you as to how much piecing you'd like to do. Ours has 7 rounds of logs added clockwise, but yours can be any number of rounds.

Log cabin quilt layouts