Log cabin was my first quilt. I used the "quilt in a day" pattern (I forget the name of the author of that series?) which basically involved cutting a bunch of strips and then just sewing each pieced portion to a longer strip. I think. I do know that I was hugely intimidated by the whole idea of quilt making until I did that pattern, now since I've done two quilts with that technique I'm no longer intimidated by piecing (just by quilting!)