Creative Log Cabin Quilts: 10 fresh, new designs

By Annie's

This unique book includes patterns, all of which use Log Cabin blocks or variations of them to create fun, festive, beautiful, and intriguing quilts that the whole family will love! Included are pieced as well as appliqued designs for your walls, beds, and living room decor. Each pattern includes step-by-step instructions and full-color images to help your imagination come to life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annies
• Release date: Oct 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781640255869

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Summer Cabins

Soothing colors and nontraditional Log Cabin blocks make a quilt that will appeal to anyone! Easily change the colors to suit your decor—this is a great quilt for cabin, lodge, family room or den.

Designed & Quilted by Julie Weaver

Skill Level

Intermediate

Finished Sizes

Quilt Size: 51″ × 62″

Block Size: 7″ × 7″

Number of Blocks: 18

Summer Cabin

7″ × 7″ Finished Block

Make 18

Project Notes

Read all instructions before beginning this project.

Stitch right sides together using a 1/4″ seam allowance unless otherwise specified.

Arrows indicate directions to press seams.

Materials and cutting lists assume 40″ of usable fabric width for yardage.

WOF – width of fabric

HST – half-square triangle

QST – quarter-square triangle

Materials

•½ yard white print*

•⅛ yard light blue print #1*

•¼ yard light blue print #2*

•¼ yard light blue print #3*

•¼ yard light blue print #4*

•⅓ yard dark blue print #1*

•⅓ yard dark blue print #2*

•1¼ yards dark blue print #3*

•1 yard dark blue print #4*

•1¼ yards cream print #1*

•¾ yard cream print #2*

•3½ yards backing*

•Batting to size*

•Thread

•Basic sewing tools and supplies

*Nantucket Summer by Camille Roskelley for Moda Fabrics; Thermore batting from Hobbs Bonded Fibers used to make sample.

Cutting

From white print cut:

•18 (2″) A squares

•198 (1½″) B squares

From light blue print #1 cut:

•9 (2″) C squares

From light blue print #2 cut:

•9 (2″) D squares

•18 (1½″ × 2½″) E rectangles

From light blue print #3 cut:

•18 (1½″ × 3½″) G rectangles

•18 (1½″ × 2½″) F rectangles

From light blue print #4 cut:

•18 (1½″ × 4½″) I rectangles

•18 (1½″ × 3½″) H rectangles

From dark blue print #1 cut:

•18 (1½″ × 5½″) K rectangles

•18 (1½″ × 4½″) J rectangles

From dark blue print #2 cut:

•18 (1½″ × 6½″) M rectangles

•18 (1½″ × 5½″) L rectangles

From dark blue print #3 cut:

•18 (1½″ × 7½″) O rectangles

•18 (1½″ × 6½″) N rectangles

•31 (1½″) P squares

•5 (2″ × WOF) strips; stitch short ends to short ends for Q and R border strips

•6 (2½″ × WOF) binding strips

From dark blue print #4 cut:

•6 (4½″ × WOF) strips; stitch short ends to short ends for S and T border strips

From cream print #1 cut:

•48 (1½″ × 7½″) U rectangles

•10 (2″ × WOF) strips; stitch short ends to short ends for V, W, X and Y border strips

Organization Tip

I always cut side setting and corner setting triangles slightly larger than the pattern says to cut them. This gives me a little leeway when sewing.

From cream print #2 cut:

•3 (13″) AA squares, then cut twice diagonally

•2 (8″) Z squares, then cut once diagonally

•7 (2″) BB squares

Completing the Blocks

1. Referring to Half-Square Triangles, use an A square and a C square to make two HSTs (Figure 1). Trim to 1½″. Make 18.

Figure 1

2. Referring again to Half-Square Triangles, use an A square and a D square to make two HSTs (Figure 2). Trim to 1½″. Make 18.

Figure 2

3. Sew one A/D HST to the bottom of one A/C HST (Figure 3). Make 18.

Figure 3

4. Referring to Sew & Flip Corners, sew a B square to the right end of an