I don't quilt ESS (every stinking seam) but I do quilt a grid, usually every 4 blocks of the log cabin, to stablilize. Then I really like to have some swirl or curve action. Baptist fans are a classic approach, but you usually have to mark the quilt, and I'm often lazy about the marking, so the last few log cabins I've done have had a lot of free motion, improv swirling and spiraling designs.