Log Cabin Question
#13
I like cutting the strips to the proper length - no squaring up required as you're checking your dimensions with every seam. :)
I tried it Eleanor's way (and I'm a huge fan of hers, so I'm not knocking her at all) but it just works out faster for me to cut everything to the proper length before sewing. :)
I tried it Eleanor's way (and I'm a huge fan of hers, so I'm not knocking her at all) but it just works out faster for me to cut everything to the proper length before sewing. :)
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I wondered that too. I have quite a lot of her books and videos and she's one I'd love to kidnap and never let go lol When I did her method they were never straight, so I will try both the cutting to length and a paperpieced block. I've never done a pp quilt but we'll see how it goes. Thanks so much for your help
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Originally Posted by slstitcher
I like Eleanor's best because I like to chain sew.
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I was very impressed with dunster's method of precutting everything. I'm not as organized. I cut each group of logs to the correct size before each round.....then just chain sewed. It went really fast and then at the end..... the blocks were all the right size and I had very little trimming to do. It went really fast. No need for paper piecing to get a perfect block this way, that would be WAY too much work!
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I was really impressed too, I will try this as soon as I finish my present quilt
Originally Posted by A1penny
I was very impressed with dunster's method of precutting everything. I'm not as organized. I cut each group of logs to the correct size before each round.....then just chain sewed. It went really fast and then at the end..... the blocks were all the right size and I had very little trimming to do. It went really fast. No need for paper piecing to get a perfect block this way, that would be WAY too much work!
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