Log Cabin Quilt Square
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They would begin with a center square.
Log cabin quilt square. This easy log cabin quilt block pattern shows you how to sew traditionally designed blocks that finish at 14 square. In traditional log cabin blocks one half is made of dark fabrics and the other half light. If the center fabric was red it symbolized the hearth of the home.
If the center was yellow it symbolized a light in the window for welcoming visitors. The basic structure of this quilt block is a center shape surrounded by strips or logs. Log cabin quilts were also used to symbolize stops on the underground railroad.
Traditionally the center square of a log cabin quilt is red. Jelly rolls make it a cinch to sew a scrap quilt made up of log cabin blocks. 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.
Traditional log cabin blocks would have lighter fabrics on one side and darker fabrics on the other. Early log cabin blocks were hand pieced using strips of fabrics around a central square. Use the technique in a variety of ways to get different looks in quilts built from the same block.
While square blocks typically come to mind log cabin blocks can be square rectangular triangular diamond shaped twisted or even curved. Remaining quilt blocks are turned to create the continuous look of squares within squares. Even though the final square measures 10 1 2 inches square it is considered a 10 inch block because you will use up the extra 1 2 inch in seam allowance when you put the quilt together.
The quilt shown here is a traditional barn raising log cabin design. The reason is twofold. 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.