Log Cabin Week, Day One

Another week, another theme. I like teaching and writing in themes. I am also very surprised to see HOW MANY Log Cabin samples I'm going to try to fit into this week. I'm also going to share some fantastic quilts and tools to make Log Cabin quilts.

This first quilt is as close as I can come to a traditional quilt with a center red square and logs of equal width surrounding it. This was made using the Creative Grids 4" Log Cabin ruler.

Diamonds in the Logs Quilt with 4" blocks

These blocks are SMALL, but a lot of people love making small blocks. The only way to do this with accuracy is to use the Creative Grids 4" Log Cabin Trim Tool by Jean Ann Wright. She was my editor at Quilt Magazine for 14 years and we made a LOT of quilts and created a LOT of quilting content. Go check out her web site. I sell this sweet pattern in my Etsy shop but you MUST have this ruler to make it. Maybe you already have it!

Here's another shot of it. You can find the well illustrated pattern for Diamonds in the Logs quilt in my Etsy store.

Diamonds in the Logs Quilt: 23" x 23"

How about a purse made with these small log cabins? Here is one of Jean Ann's patterns that uses the 4" ruler. It's the Tickled Pink Tote Pattern.

Tickled Pink Tote Pattern

Check out Jean Ann's book with 9 patterns that use the 4" and 6" Log Cabin rulers. Buy both rulers and the book is free!

Little Log Quilts

Log Cabin blocks are made with strips: thick, thin, mixed. What do you think? More on this quilt later, too!

I shared a Needle Book last week for English Paper Piecing. I also made another Needle Book with two log cabin blocks.

Log Cabin Needle Book

 One block on the front and one on the back. Neat, huh?

Needle case open

Here is a look at the inside. Pockets in the front and back with batting "pages." You can also find the Needle Book pattern for this in my Etsy store.

Pockets and batting "pages."

Tomorrow I will have some variations on the Log Cabin. Can you say scrappy?!