How do you cut logs for a log cabin and not lose your mind??
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Phenix City, Alabama
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Accuquilt has a log cabin die and a 1 1/2 strip. Either way has to cut the strips to length so I got the strip die. I don't cut to length, I just sew on the strip and trim the blocks as I go. No way would I try a log cabin without the Go cutter. Don't have that kind of patience. The Go is worth its weight in gold for the strips alone.\
#24
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Location: Northern Michigan
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I usually cut enough to make 2 or 3 blocks to get started, then after making those I cut a few more... I NEVER cut a whole quilt at once! I cut as I need to in order to work on a block. I love Judy's log cabin quilts and have made a few of them... One block at a time
#25
I use the go cutter log cabin die for mine. LOVE IT! I do so many log cabin blocks for my charity quilts that it saves me a ton of time and effort! Very accurate, so that means no having to go back and square up wonky blocks. Any time I have an extra scrap of fabric that will fit on the die, it gets cut and put with the logs for the next quilt.
#26
Yes, paper piecing gives you finished blocks that are straight and even - mine would sometimes get sort of wonky when I wasn't going for that. I also do log cabin blocks on a muslin backing and cut the strips after they've been sewn, rather than before.
#27
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Stable Piecing
#28
I cut and sew as I go. I have a little dose of ADHD going on and I don't like doing the same thing over and over.
#29
In honesty, I have only made 1 log cabin. But I found that the block was much more stable when I cut the length that I needed by WOF and then subcut the 1.5 inch strips. So, I would cut lengths of all the colours needed, sub cut them and then make that many blocks and go back and cut another batch. Mixed things up a bit and I didn't have as many strips to keep track of if I had to put it aside for a while.
#30
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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I AGREE. I made a Log Cabin star from Judy Martins book and actually was able to met with her at Quilt Market 15 years ago and she helped me with the problem I was having with the diamonds. I did another Log Cabin as a QOV by Lynette Jennings and I haven't done another Log Cabin since. If I were to do another one, I would certainly do it PPing. So easy to be off just a smudge and that smudge eventually turns into an 1/8".
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