Cutting fabric for Log Cabin block
05-14-2014, 04:53 AM
#21
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I use the Go Log Cabin die. The strips are all cut the exact length. I lay the fabric on the die lengthwise unless I'm using scraps. I don't have the patience to check each scrap for what wise it is.
05-14-2014, 05:53 AM
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Judy Martin - Queen of the Log Cabin Quilt Patterns (IMHO)...says to always cut the logs with the lengthwise grain, and not WOF - due to greater stability with the lengthwise cuts..........You can google and watch some of her YouTube videos - she really is amazing....
05-14-2014, 06:54 AM
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For the only log cabin I've made, I did as Dunster and others have -- cut my pieces to size at the start. Frankly, it never occurred to me -- until now, reading these posts -- that it's sometimes done another way. Mine turned out okay, I think....though it's still not quilted. (Dang those unquilted tops; they just seem to multiply!)
It amuses me, at times, to now realize how little I knew when I began this hobby. It helped, I think, that I didn't know how much I didn't know!
It amuses me, at times, to now realize how little I knew when I began this hobby. It helped, I think, that I didn't know how much I didn't know!
05-14-2014, 12:28 PM
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I have seen pros and cons for cutting the strips to size - and I did a block the two different ways (1 block each) - I found that while the free cutting (let's call it) made me feel good and produced a nice block - - the pre-cutting the lengths helped me to stay "square" - - prevented me from getting just that smidgen off that you don't notice until it has exaggerated itself over a couple of rows. In spite of the fact I am a new enough quilter to get queasy about cutting too many blocks or strips ahead of time - - I found my best block in the experiment to keep me on track was to cut the strips to size in advance.
Anyway, I will probably still go ahead and do it as the mood hits me. :-)
Marysewfun
Anyway, I will probably still go ahead and do it as the mood hits me. :-)
Marysewfun
05-14-2014, 08:12 PM
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I use Judy Martin's method of cutting all the strips in advance and sorting them by size & colour (light and dark). Cutting goes quickly.
I also use a design wall to create eight blocks at a time. Then I take a photo of the eight blocks and start chain piecing.
If there's a mixup, I have the photo to put things back the way they were designed. The flimsy I'm going to send to a longarmer has at least 150 different light and dark pinks* for my granddaughter who LOVES PINK!
*To get that many, I fudged the definition of "pink" to include pinkish apricots and pinkish purples .....
I also use a design wall to create eight blocks at a time. Then I take a photo of the eight blocks and start chain piecing.
If there's a mixup, I have the photo to put things back the way they were designed. The flimsy I'm going to send to a longarmer has at least 150 different light and dark pinks* for my granddaughter who LOVES PINK!
*To get that many, I fudged the definition of "pink" to include pinkish apricots and pinkish purples .....
05-14-2014, 08:18 PM
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For the only log cabin I've made, I did as Dunster and others have -- cut my pieces to size at the start. Frankly, it never occurred to me -- until now, reading these posts -- that it's sometimes done another way. Mine turned out okay, I think....though it's still not quilted. (Dang those unquilted tops; they just seem to multiply!)
It amuses me, at times, to now realize how little I knew when I began this hobby. It helped, I think, that I didn't know how much I didn't know!
It amuses me, at times, to now realize how little I knew when I began this hobby. It helped, I think, that I didn't know how much I didn't know!
05-15-2014, 03:30 AM
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me too-I found the strip method not as accurate and harder to cut than just cutting the logs to size 1st.
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