Old 08-23-2010, 10:35 AM
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Your LC is great. Believe me, no one wants to see a pic of mine. LOL Poor lonely quilt.Ahh well, it was a good learning experience & one I still love.

Originally Posted by JoAnnB
The first two log cabin blocks I made ended up different sizes so I knew I had to do something different. What worked for me was to cut the strips at least a sixteenth of an inch wider than the pattern said, and after sewing on each round of strips, I trimmed them to the correct size.

Any time I can make quilting blocks slightly larger and then trim them to the correct size, I do it. Evidently my sewing machine is defective in some way and does not allow me to sew a perfect 1/4 inch seam :).

Here's the one and only log cabin I've made.
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