I'm a hand quilter, and would just stitch in the ditch. I'm sorry I can't help you with the design, but your quilt is so lovely! I may have to do a scrap log cabin now!

I made a log cabin quilt for my grandson. He was 15 when I made it, so I wanted a more adult masculine quilt for him. Sorry, I don't have a picture, but it's mostly dark and medium blues, browns, creams, and beiges, with touches of maroon. I quilted it in an all-over oak leaf design that I found in one of Mary Covey's books.

That is beautiful, I can't wait to see it done. God bless.

The second arrangement is great! It makes me want to make another log cabin quilt (I've only made one).

Here is a picture of how I quilted it. There is some stitch in the ditch quilting that doesn't show.

I like how you laid your blocks out and the finished top is wonderful.
I have made lots of log cabin quilts, mostly crib to twin size all scraps, even the binding is scrappy.
I suggest a quilting pattern that is curvy, it softens the straight lines of the log cabin.
If you click on this photo to make it larger, you'll see the large meander I did to quilt it.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...45965719chaqYB

Sharon W.

What a neat idea. Love your quilt and your idea. Thanks for sharing!
marla

Awesome!

[quote=RST]I started with some Moda charm squares from the Recess line and the Happy Camper line, plus a Happy Camper Honey bun. Then I started adding in a wide array of strips from my stash. The first photo is the blocks with just 2 "logs" -- it felt sparse to me, so I added another round.

Second photo is the queen sized pieced top, ready to be quilted. The arrangement is one that I've seen called crosses and losses, with the predominately red blocks forming crosses, and the yellow blocks creating a box. None of that was planned particularly -- I just played around with the blocks on my design wall until they seemed pretty balanced.

Now to figure out how to quilt it. I'll probably do a loose stipple, but I often get bored with that, and burst into random feathers and flowery things, which I'm not sure will be the best on this quilt. I don't like doing straight line quilting on such a big quilt. Quandary . . .

Do you have a favorite quilting treatment for log cabin blocks? Care to share?
Why don't you do a bit of both. Decide where you want to put the flowers etc and them stipple the rest.

when u sew a log cabin square does all the strips have to be the same size when u cut them and sew them together

Both are gorgeous!