My first quilt was a log cabin. Used Eleanor Burns Quilt In A Day and had a problem with stretching on blocks and borders. Have since found out a Marti Michell secret to minimize this stretching is to cut your fabric on the lengthwise grain. The crosswise grain that runs selvage to selvage has more stretch than the lengthwise grain which is parallel to the selvage. Have never attempted paper piecing a log cabin but love the precise points on paper pieced stars, etc.