Have any of you see a real log cabin! One of the charms is the fact that the logs go from wider to more narrow and the next row of logs goes from narrower to wider. I think that sometimes we fuss and worry and take a lot of delight out of our quilts because we don't want anyone to be able to think we aren't perfect. Nothing is perfect. Log cabin quilts made with some slight differences only add to the joy of the quilt. I have used the log cabin concept to frame pictutes (fairy prints, for instance) and made them wonky just to give magic and movement to the quilt. The GD that got that quilt spent 20 minutes laying on it, looking at each fairy, ideas silently going through her head, before she ran to me and thanked me several times with several kisses. She was about 6 then, she is 10 now and an incredible artist! The quilt really does look almost alive!