We Americans have long considered this pattern the quintessential American design. These foundations were often waste fabrics of different weights, perhaps recycled, and in the days before sewing machines were widely available, would be almost impossible to quilt through by hand. Once I began to collect old quilts, I understood why. When I began quilting, I was told with great authority that Log Cabin quilts were always tied, never quilted.
Since the blocks were made of narrow strips of fabric, sewing them together on a foundation provided the necessary precision as well as stability. The older Log Cabin quilts are often scrappy rather than color coordinated.
Simple to construct and easily made with either scraps or planned yardage, the pattern appeals to beginning and advanced quilters alike.Įarly blocks were almost always pieced on fabric foundations. The blocks can be set together in too many ways to list, although there are a number of named designs such as Barn Raising, Sunshine and Shadow, and Straight Furrow. Beginning with a center shape, usually a square, the traditional design is made by sewing strips in sequence around the sides of the square, varying the values between light and dark. Log Cabin quilt designs are among the most popular and easily recognized of all quilt patterns.
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