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    Old 05-16-2018, 10:49 AM
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    I'm with Bearisgray on this one. I have always had a hard time keeping them from going wonky.

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    Old 05-16-2018, 10:51 AM
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    My first quilt had six log cabins in it with 2 inch strips and it was very difficult. After that one, I’ve made others with smaller strips and they all turned out great, I love them.
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    Old 05-16-2018, 11:18 AM
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    Originally Posted by SillySusan
    The 2nd quilt I ever attempted, 100 or so years ago, was a log cabin. I did not have anyone in my family that sewed or quilted at all and I didn't go to any classes. I just thought quilts were beautiful. So I just saw a picture of a log cabin one and I was on my way. I got so confused on the very first block... that same block was the 1st and the last one I ever did. It was back to 9 patch ones for me until I got the nerve up to try some triangles. So at 100 years later, I'm still learning.
    One of my "official" first quilts was the LC from Eleanor Burns- QIAD book....it was easy because her books have such great instructions and pictures, you just can't go wrong. Anyway, altho it came out as it should have, I was not in love with the pattern and have not done another...mine too seems like 100 yrs ago.....but it is still being used on a bed.....
    And I have been watching on YouTube Eleanor burns videos on her new venture 40 fabulous years, and I am almost tempted to try another one.
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    Old 05-16-2018, 11:40 AM
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    My first pieced-block quilt, was a log cabin -- which I presented to the son of a very good friend of mine -- he served in the U.S. Army and was seriously injured in Afghanistan. I used 2.5" strips -- my biggest problem was assembling the blocks and it was far from perfect, but then so am I far from perfect. Since then, I have pieced three more log cabin quilts, one for myself which is very large (approx. 130" X 130"), and one for each of my two sisters which are king size plus!. Accurate cutting and stitching are extremely important for keeping the blocks square -- I think I was just lucky!
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    Old 05-16-2018, 12:53 PM
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    The only way I mastered the log cabin was by paper piecing...(is that cheating?)
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    Old 05-16-2018, 01:06 PM
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    I started a LC by hand, using quilt as you go. The strips were relatively narrow. I finished eight on my lunch breaks at school (staff). Eight was enough. I sewed them into two wallhangings and sold them for a nice amount at the church bazaar. I would like to make a LC, but it's not at the top of my list.
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    Old 05-16-2018, 02:23 PM
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    I guess it depends on the LC pattern that you use or the method, maybe. Surprising there can be so many different ways to approach an essentially simple looking block. A LC block was one that we made in my first basic quilting class. It was one of what you would call a sampler quilt. I am just completing one now, it is my second LC quilt. I don't think that it is any more difficult than other basic blocks. Sometimes I wonder if people get into problems when trying to use a short cut method or just looking at a picture. (Not directed at you, Bear, or anyone in particular ) Just random thoughts, you know.
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    Old 05-16-2018, 02:57 PM
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    The third quilt I ever made was a log cabin from Elenore Burns book, "Quilt in a Day". It was such a blast to tear those strips! What a difference it made in the time it took, compared to the other (previous) quilts I had made. Templets, hand scissors and hand piecing are a lot of bother now. LOL! Really fun to rotary cut too. I have made a few other log cabins since during all of these years and I never get tired of them or not love the way they turn out. They all turn out so differently.
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    Old 05-16-2018, 08:09 PM
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    I made a log cabin from two inch strips, no problem. But I have made several scrappy log cabins with uneven strips just with darks on one side and lights on the other and oh what fun I had! I wish I knew how to post pictures but it takes me some many tries, I end of giving up! I love scrappies and the log cabin with uneven strips sizes came out great but I like that kind of quilts.
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    Old 05-17-2018, 02:50 AM
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    I have not yet done a log cabin quilt...I purchased a Creative Grids ruler which I think is supposed to eliminate having to be so precise and accurate. I plan to do one in 2019.
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