osewme

Hello Christina & welcome from Texas. I happen to be working on a log cabin & star quilt right now. The blocks will alternate....one log cabin, one star, etc. I was thinking of quilting my log cabin like the picture I drew up here. I would start at the longest outside log & move to the center & then maybe just quilt around the center square & perhaps quilt a little motif in the center. Either way I would have an almost continuous line of quilting without having to cut threads at each log.

Onebyone

The prettiest hand quilted log cabin I have seen was quilted on the bias. Stunning. The quilting added an extra dimension.

jmoore

Welcome to the QB Christina. And, like always, you have received some great suggestions. We look forward to seeing your quilt.

Christina_888

Thanks for the lovely welcome! And yes, avoiding the seams seems like a very good idea

Rhonda Lee

Love log cabin designs. Stitching in the middle as shone would be much easier than other ways imho. Welcome you'll be happy you stopped by. It's very habit forming.

Christina_888

I meant, of course, thanks to all the help and input, cannot believe how many sweet people took the time to answer. Will post a photo once I start quilting but that will be one or two months away. Just spent an hour cutting fabric in preparation. Isn't it great when you`re starting a new quilt? Almost as good as finishing one

I`ll check the Baptist fan, not sure what exactly that is! Nor what it means to quilt on the bias. But I will find out

Onebyone

The log cabin I saw with quilting on the bias was made and quilted by Virginia Siciliano, wife of George Siciliano, award winning paper piecer. She is an award winning handquilter. http://www.georgesiciliano.com/ Wonderful couple use to travel and do quilt programs workshops. Their works are in National Quilt Museum. Some his, some hers.

time2quilt

I quilted one with circles one time and loved it.

Kelsie

Welcome from British Columbia. I have made a log cabin also but not yet quilted. As a new quilter I am afraid I had only thought of SiTD. My logs are 1" finished so I thought about doing the centre square then jumping to the third row and perhaps the fifth. Perhaps I can learn from what you decide to do. Please do let us know.

themachinelady

Welcome to the board Christina. You will find this group the most helpful I have ever come across and so generous in so many ways. What part of Germany are you located in? I visited there in '93 and would love to come back again, but doubt that it will ever happen due to my age at this point and time and things being so expensive now as well. Loved the three weeks I spent there, did some genealogy and some sightseeing and met so many wonderful people. I visited with my elderly mom, former sister-in-law, her mom and her two kids. It sounds funny to say, but my Mom was younger than I am now when we visited and she did better than any of us. >grin