log cabin question how to
#52
Originally Posted by quiltingnonie
I only precut the 1st two strips. After that it's stitch and trim.
QUESTION: When I trim a strip, I always do it BEFORE I open it up and press it. Curious as to how everyone else does it??
QUESTION: When I trim a strip, I always do it BEFORE I open it up and press it. Curious as to how everyone else does it??
Less stretching if you press when the block is done. Let me know what you think. :D :D
#53
Remember there is such a thing as a 'wonky' log cabin block. It doesn't have perfect rectangular sides at all. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I saw it. But it was truly a block after my own heart. Only the finished block was squared ... and not necessarily with the hearth in t he center.
ali
ali
#54
I ese Eleanor Burns' method for piecing log cabin blocks....she does not precut, and neither do I. I have never had a block curl.........but I have, before I began using HER method, had logs precut and they were too short....ugh....her method is great, as you true up as you piece, so you wind up with perfect blocks........[/quote]
Ditto her directions are really easy to follow. believe me, if i can follow them, anybody can
Ditto her directions are really easy to follow. believe me, if i can follow them, anybody can
#57
Originally Posted by quiltingnonie
I only precut the 1st two strips. After that it's stitch and trim.
QUESTION: When I trim a strip, I always do it BEFORE I open it up and press it. Curious as to how everyone else does it??
QUESTION: When I trim a strip, I always do it BEFORE I open it up and press it. Curious as to how everyone else does it??
#58
Originally Posted by Mailmanldy
I have Marti Michelles Log Cabin ruler... haven't made one yet, but it gives you lines for how wide to cut the fabric and then the lengths to cut the strips so they all go together correctly... I'm going to have to dig that out and try one one of these days. I have her kaleidoscope rulers also, and need to use them as well... I love gadgets... just don't have the time to use them all.
Josi in FL
#59
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Originally Posted by watterstide
Originally Posted by JanetLW
What strip width do you normally use for your blocks?
the one i made today, has 3.5 inch center, and 2" cut strips.
here is the pattern i used:
http://delawarequilts.com/BOMs/LogCabin/index.html
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Originally Posted by cjr
I know many of you make log cabin quilts, as I've seen many posted here. How do you do your log cabin quilts? I am incooperating log cabins in a quilt I'm working on. I did a test block by cutting logs from a long strip after sewing. My instructor says all should be precut or will curl. My test did not curl. How do you do them and why?
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