Originally Posted by Airwick156
At my sewing class today, I had mentioned that one day I wanted to make a log cabin. So one day one of the ladies is going to help me to make it.
I am going to use 5 darks and 5 light fabrics. Or so that is what the plan is anyways.
As we were talking about the log cabin...the ladies told me that typically the center square is RED. Which is for the heart of the home. Was pretty interesting. I didn't know that. So my centers when I make it will be red. :)
There's quite a history to the log cabin quilts. Typically there were three colours for the centre square......
Red centre for the heart of the home ... or the fire in the hearth.
Yellow centres for the light in the window
Black centres ... for a quilt made after a death.
And now adays, most anything goes ..... and many pick a colour that's pleasing to them ... and works! And if a scrappy quilt, every centre may be different.