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I use the Go Log Cabin die. The strips are all cut the exact length. I lay the fabric on the die lengthwise unless I'm using scraps. I don't have the patience to check each scrap for what wise it is.
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Originally Posted by nannyrick.com
(Post 6713609)
Is there a right or wrong way to cut the logs? Do you cut on the cross grain
or length of the grain.'Thanks. |
For the only log cabin I've made, I did as Dunster and others have -- cut my pieces to size at the start. Frankly, it never occurred to me -- until now, reading these posts -- that it's sometimes done another way. Mine turned out okay, I think....though it's still not quilted. (Dang those unquilted tops; they just seem to multiply!)
It amuses me, at times, to now realize how little I knew when I began this hobby. It helped, I think, that I didn't know how much I didn't know! |
I just cut strips. I hope to live long enough to do a complex Judy Martin log cabin quilt, though.
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I have seen pros and cons for cutting the strips to size - and I did a block the two different ways (1 block each) - I found that while the free cutting (let's call it) made me feel good and produced a nice block - - the pre-cutting the lengths helped me to stay "square" - - prevented me from getting just that smidgen off that you don't notice until it has exaggerated itself over a couple of rows. In spite of the fact I am a new enough quilter to get queasy about cutting too many blocks or strips ahead of time - - I found my best block in the experiment to keep me on track was to cut the strips to size in advance.
Anyway, I will probably still go ahead and do it as the mood hits me. :-) Marysewfun |
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
(Post 6713682)
I've always done it the way Prism does.
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Originally Posted by HouseDragon
(Post 6713901)
I use Judy Martin's method of cutting all the strips in advance and sorting them by size & colour (light and dark). Cutting goes quickly.
I also use a design wall to create eight blocks at a time. Then I take a photo of the eight blocks and start chain piecing. If there's a mixup, I have the photo to put things back the way they were designed. The flimsy I'm going to send to a longarmer has at least 150 different light and dark pinks* for my granddaughter who LOVES PINK! *To get that many, I fudged the definition of "pink" to include pinkish apricots and pinkish purples ..... :o |
Originally Posted by mme3924
(Post 6715905)
For the only log cabin I've made, I did as Dunster and others have -- cut my pieces to size at the start. Frankly, it never occurred to me -- until now, reading these posts -- that it's sometimes done another way. Mine turned out okay, I think....though it's still not quilted. (Dang those unquilted tops; they just seem to multiply!)
It amuses me, at times, to now realize how little I knew when I began this hobby. It helped, I think, that I didn't know how much I didn't know! |
Originally Posted by ckcowl
(Post 6713844)
I too cut my logs the way dunster does-to size to begin with. Gives me nice precise blocks start to finish, lengthwise if cutting from yardage, if using scraps I cut whichever way I need to for the size log✳
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Do those of you who cut the logs to length AFTER piecing also cut your sashings/borders to length after adding them to the block/quilt sides? Same principle isn't it?
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