I am not a lover of PP but I tried to do a logcabin using the the regular method and my block was very out of shape! I did PP and loved how precise it was!

I am working on drafting up a PP foundation for "Flowers in the Cabin". I'll never make it without the paper piecing foundation!

I love the logcabin and have done so many...Never crossed my mind anyone would PP it..

I just use strips, paper piecing takes to long, HOWEVER, I did a 3" log cabin block AND did use paper piecing for that one. Ended up with 1/4" logs --Yikes, it was pretty though.

Wow Dunster,
That is a beautiful log cabin quilt. I have never seen that one before. What pattern did you use? I have to have one of those!
Thanks,

I've only made 1 log cabin quilt and I just cut the strips and sewed them together. It worked fine for me.

never have paper pieced so I can't offer any help on that one. But, I would thing that just pieciing it together would be just as fast or faster.

The only log cabin I wished I'd PP was an 'Off Center' log cabin. The light strips were smaller than the dark strips and they finished at a width of 1/2 inch which made logs a bit 'bumpy' to quilt.

I would say if the strip finishes at 1" wide don't bother with PP but if smaller than that then PP and trim seams to scant 1/8th.

I've done a log cabin both ways. Paper piecing obviously adds another step to the process, but the result is extremely accurate. Sewn without paper, you can be largely accurate, but as you know, fabric sometimes has a mind of its own, and can move a bit, but with PP, you get dead on perfect.

I have done both. I prefer to do just the strips. The one paper pieced log cabin I did was a miniature for my sister. The logs made a heart. She proudly displays it. I believe it measures about 14" square.

Dunster

I love your avator, where did you get the pattern?