annt59

Do you have this ruler? Are you glad you do? I am considering buying one, but what size shall I buy?

rryder

As I recall each of her log cabin rulers has measurements for two different sizes. I have not bought the rulers, though I did take her Craftsy class to learn the method she uses for log cabins. She provided paper copies of the rulers in the class materials and I used those when making log cabins using her method. My take away was that her method of making log cabin blocks is useful if you are making a quilt from either fat quarters or yardage-- if so, then you will save fabric and time because you precut everything before assembling your blocks.

However, if you are making scrappy log cabin blocks from your scrap stash her method may or may not be helpful. I did find that when doing it her way my log cabin blocks were less likely to get wonky than if I made them my usual way which is start with a square, find a strip, sew, trim, find next strip, sew, trim etc. Using her method your strips are already cut to the exact size (width and length) needed, so it becomes immediately obvious if your block is going astray. But you would not be able to cut as efficiently as you would if using fat quarters or yardage.

Hope that helps.

Rob

tallchick

I have her log cabin rulers, and I also took her Craftsy and for myself I love her method, I made a king size log cabin quilt in less than a week,my blocks were square and I had nothing to trim down and my quilt ended up perfectly square thus making my very first king size quilt a painless and fun process. Chain piecing was quick and easy and because everything is cut exactly to size it creates less headaches.
Specialty rulers are a personal choice, I have no issues buying something that help she me achieve better results and some rulers are better than others, but IMHO her log cabin rulers are worth the cost and her methods are by far superior to other methods I have seen and tried.

redstilettos

Would this method work well if you have your material cut already (i.e. with an accuquilt cutter?)

lfletcher

I have one of her rulers that cuts the logs to size. I like it. Even though I don't make a lot of log cabin quilts, I have repurposed the ruler to fold my fat quarters. That I use frequently as I buy way too many fat quarters!

Onebyone

I have the log cabin Go die that cuts 1 1/2 strips to exact length. I can make up to a 12" block. There is no method really. Sew the correct size strips in order, to make the block.

hobbykat1955

I have one of her log cabin rulers and never used since I find it much easier to do Paper Piecing Log Cabin blocks.
If you want all diff types of Log Cabin blocks ck out 101 Log Cabin Blocks book...Paper Piecing. Probably can pick it up on amazon second hand cheap

sushi

I hope others will add their thoughts to this thread. I'm eager to learn more!

annt59

Is that the book by Linda Causee of 101 LOG cabin Blocks?