I like Billie Lauder's "Faux Log Cabin" blocks. Here's a link to them --->

http://www.oocities.org/quiltfrenzy_...-logcabin.html

http://hippydeep.blogspot.com.au/201...r-friends.html

I can't find the original free pattern of this one at the moment. However, this is an easy one to do. It is sewn together in strips and then the sections are made with crosswise cuts. Will post the link when I come across it.
P.S. I just read the post above, and that is the one - my apologies.

I had never heard that term before either Anita (in the link provided) called them woodpile blocks. I think I like the traditional log cabin and they are simple enough to make. But I also will try this version just to see..

I have used this pattern several times. Really easy to make and just gives a different look. Would be a good scrap quilt.

I made something that looks like this in a class I took years ago. It was called wood pile or something like that. All i Remember is that it was a LOT of sewing and cutting. A separate strip set for each log. I thought at the time, " I'll never make that again" . . . And I never did. Pretty quilt but not worth the work.

I made the heart quilt out of her Sizzling block book.

I like the regular log cabin and I have books to make into baskets, hearts, etc. Log cabins are very time and work intensive.

The only difficulty I had with trying to do a log cabin was using the wrong fabric...all different weights and wale widths of corduroy (2" wide strips around 8" square centers). Some of it stretched and some of it didn't and my completed squares were not all the same size, so ripped it all apart and used the squares as they were and sewed the strips together to make borders and binding. Turned into my friend's favorite quilt anyway.
Would like to do another one with regular quilting cotton. Had made a pillow with heavy fabric (canvas or duck) that came out really nice. Thought it was a fairly easy pattern.

Thanks for these links!

Same here. I have made several LC's using her method, and have never had a problem. They do go together quickly for me. I also used her method to do a similar pattern on a sweatshirt and it came out fine as well. I've never tried a mock like either of these, but did do my own version of a mock on DH Christmas quilt last year.