Thread: What is a mock log cabin?

Heard someone talking about it and wondered exactly is it? Sounded easier than the log cabin. Thanks for any help.

Originally Posted by Kathy T.

Anita Hallock has one version in her booklet called "Super Sixteen". I haven't made it yet, but it looks less time consuming than a regular log cabin and results in the same look of "logs". Here's a link:
http://www.pacinfo.com/~hallock/a%26e.html

And I've also heard them called "faux log cabins" if someone does a search.

I made something that looks like this in a class I took years ago. It was called wood pile or something like that. All i Remember is that it was a LOT of sewing and cutting. A separate strip set for each log. I thought at the time, " I'll never make that again" . . . And I never did. Pretty quilt but not worth the work.

​I had never heard that term and I did look at the pictures. Traditional Log Cabin is a relaxing, easy pattern to me and the pictures of the new way seem less so. I guess without doing both, I will reserve judgement.

I looked at the second block, now that looks easier, than the traditional. Thanks.

I looked at it, separate blocks on their own need to be paired up to make the design I think anyways, it is easy I think, again, as it is sewn in strips in order to create block. Something to think about. Thanks for sharing this method.

This block looks great, I may have to try it.