QM

Since I do only small amounts of log cabin blocks, I only cut the width in advance. When I made a king sized log cabin quilt, it was worth the effort to precut all the strips, orgainsing them into piles by usage.

Sharonj

Where can the pre-printed muslin be purchased?

Sharonj

Where can the pre-printed muslin be purchased?

dunster

I've heard of it but never seen it in person, or online either for that matter.

QM

I've seen it for other patterns, not this one. I bought a couple of yards of a different pattern from Hancocks_Paduccah, about 4 years ago and still haven't used it.

Janj

Years ago I bought preprinted in lovely store in Nashville, Il. I think that is what me interested in quilting.. It was my first and made a queen size ~ hand quilted and then later on added machine quiiting to make more design..

sweetcheeks

My first quilt was a log cabin. Used Eleanor Burns Quilt In A Day and had a problem with stretching on blocks and borders. Have since found out a Marti Michell secret to minimize this stretching is to cut your fabric on the lengthwise grain. The crosswise grain that runs selvage to selvage has more stretch than the lengthwise grain which is parallel to the selvage. Have never attempted paper piecing a log cabin but love the precise points on paper pieced stars, etc.

auntmag

I have never pp a log cabin, but I find that if I cut my strips to the correct length before I begin, my blocks are the correct size.

meemersmom

I have made them both ways and prefer the paper-piecing method for a couple of reasons. Accuracy -- all blocks are spot on all the time. Quicker -- don't need to pre-cut and pre-measure the logs. I tend to make them scrappy, so I just grab the strips and sew, roughly trimming them to length. They are more precisely cut when trimming (I use the 'Add a Quarter' ruler for this).