i am soooo stuck on the log cabin quilts... they are sooo easy to do and you can do xmas ones, halloween, spring...... i could do one for every season n holiday !!! hmmmmmm king size for when i get a "king" size bed......... but of course pillow cases to match............

King? lots of room

And don't forget BarnBum's lovely floral log cabins .... *drool*

what is that??? do share girlfriend!

for all the dogs !!!!!!!!

two or four legs?

Where are you photos! Let's see your projects!

oh i just saw what they are .............. how about one with all daisy flowers, you know the traditional daisy.... yeah.....

Naughty but hilarious (rofl).

i promise i am goin to be posting alot by the weekend! i got my house a mess with material.............

yeah she's on here just to bust on me!! but I gotta love her....

they are just so versatile, thats what makes them so wonderful

dark/light half-square ones, courthouse steps, uneven strips sized ones which make round looking designs, triangle ones, diamond shaped ones, rectangle ones, off center ones....OH MY!!

So much choise, so little time!

Jan in VA

Not to be a naysayer here but I'm working on my first log cabin and have to say I'm not loving it at all! Have lovely fabrics and I'm strip piecing but it's just not grabbing me the way it does many others. I'm glad everyone is enjoying theirs but I don't see another one in my future.

Fast and easy. You can make so many different designs with the blocks.

Log cabin was the first block I ever made. That was all that was necessary. I was hooked!!

I can't say the piecing of the blocks is "fun" for me either, but putting them together into a quilt is what always gets me excited...so many choices as far as layouts.

I'd say the log cabin quilt is my favorite looking quilt, but not really my favorite block to piece. I hope I'm making sense. Usually it's the opposite for me (love to piece the blocks but get bored by the time the blocks get put into a quilt).

So, maybe you will love the part of seeing it come to life once the blocks are displayed together.

Suzanne

I love log cabin quilts too! OK, I love log cabins also!

I love log cabin quilts. I'm making a scrappy courthouse steps right now for a queen bed in 1 1/4" strips (before sewing) and it's so relaxing and unstressful just to sit and sew without hardly thinking. It's almost like meditating. I don't measure, just cut my strips as I go to square it up. So far, no problems with block sizes. They are taking me about 15 minutes per 7" block, but I'm pressing as I sew.

Log cabin is one of my favorite blocks also. I made one yesterday for our barn, a Barn Quilt, love it! ! !

I've made more log cabins than any other type of quilt. I especially love them in scraps. My avatar is a log cabin too.

is tht your kitchen??????

What is this?

I know what you mean, I'm new to quilting and read how easy a log cabin block was. So I started one, yikes all the cutting!!! Not to mention that my 1/4" seam leaves a lot to be desired!! But still, I do love the finished product. I've made them in all colors. Right now I'm working on orange ones for fall.

I love log cabins!!!

Making perfect sense! I am looking forward to doing the layout as I'm planning on doing a barn raising pattern. Hopefully I'll get moving on this again soon as I need it done for next June and I only hand quilt. I guess I'm about 2/3 through with the blocks. We have a lot of travelling coming up in the next 6-8 weeks so it's on the back burner once again.

The cutting is really annoying for me as well. And even after all this time my seams are not perfect so there's lots of trimming along the way. I cut a bunch of strips, sew/trim for a while then repeat. Ugh!

I just made my 1st log cabin table topper and it is terrible...all my strips were cut properly and i use the moleskin to keep my 1/4' seam but they were still crooked!!! Plus I think I did it a little backwards to start with...the square is NOT in the center...it has the 2 shortest strips on the edge and the longer ones on the other side...don't think I'll make anymore!!

I love the Log Cabin block. I've only made 2 but have plans to make more with my scraps.

Definitely another log cabin in MY future. There are so many ways to lay it out. Fun!

I have to agree in a way. I too am making my first log. Strip piecing. I can get one block complete in about 3 hours. I wonder if this is a norm? My blocks are 10 in

You need decaf........ ;)

I love log cabin quilts they are so my favorite to make, and you can do nothing but log cabin quilts for ever and make no two alike! The settings, the blocks,and how you do the color ways and the shapes! and I like to mix blocks too. so thumbs up for log cabins. some of my non trad log cabin quilts

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-60783-1.htm

NJ--I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble with the log cabin. What size are you doing? If it is a large quilt, try doing a small one to start.

Talk about log cabins - look at the one on this page - I just happened onto it while looking around:

http://quilting.about.com/od/picture...tage-Quilt.htm

Marysewfun

Maybe that's my issue. My blocks are 12" and I'm doing an oversize twin quilt. I'm kind of committed at this point. It's a graduation gift for a dear friend's son. I'll get through it - I'm not usually one to give up. Just have had things get in the way lately so took the opportunity to whine!

She's done many lovely floral log cabins .... BB's were the first time I saw log cabins done as florals. So I always think of BB as the Queen of Floral LCs!


Others .... to answer your question, just stalk BarnBum and check out her threads.


Also, for Log Cabins inspiration, check out the gallery as there's two sections. One for traditional, the other non-traditionals.

get the eleanor burns book!! you sew all at the same time like an assembly line and will have it done in one night! i did... easy.... if everyone wanted a log cabin in my family, i would say yes to all......

I loved doing my scrappy TEXAS log cabin...it was done by cutting pieces exact length, I really like doing the paper pieced ones.

Same here NJ Quilter. When I first started, made a queen-sized log cabin for my bed. Beautiful color combinations and so many different designs. But just didn't understand it. Had to get my sister to help me complete it. But I glad I did and I'm glad it's over. Never Again!!