Log Cabin by E. Burns
#13
You can build your LC clockwise or counter-clockwise, doesn't matter. It can have a preponderance of light colors, or of dark ones, depending on how you build it. I always start as you did with two squares that are the same size, and then build from there. Your only problem was that you had a color scheme in mind, and as you have already discovered, you needed another light square to get the look you wanted.
Bear - your 7 and 8 logs are reversed in your first drawing.
Bear - your 7 and 8 logs are reversed in your first drawing.
#14
Thanks, QuiltnNan, your suggestion led to success! The block is now 12 inches by 12 inches. I knew it was something simple that I was not seeing. Now I can go back and rip out the other two blocks and make that one change. Hooray! It has been awhile since I tried to make up the Log Cabin patterns.
#16
Eleanor Burns' method in her instruction book is the best way to make a log cabin. I made my very first quilt with them and it was so easy. It's well worth the cost. You are making all blocks at the same time sewing them on strips. Less chance to mess up for me.
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I agree with Dunster that #7 should be shorter, with #8 being long, but I remain amazed at how quickly Bearisgray comes up with simple to understand graph solutions. I note also that the way that Bear shows the correct order is much easier to construct than the way the original was sewn, where the third block was longer than the two block center. Win-win all the way around. On the other hand, the rectangle in the original might be interesting than a "regular" log cabin.
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you have a extra color, pushing it out of square. Piece 1 (center) is the solid blue. Piece 2 & 3 should be the small white with blue print. Then continue on (4&5, 6&7, 8&9) without piece 10. That should be square. You can continue making it as large as you want, adding as many logs as you want and it will stay square.
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