log cabin for quilt backing
#14
The way I would do it is to start with a rectangle instead of a square center for the log cabin block. That way it would more evenly take up the quilt back. I wouldn't make the block as big as the backing though. I'd put an outside border of one color fabric to frame the log cabin block to make it the size I wanted.
I've drawn an example on graph paper to illustrate what I mean. My imaginary quilt top measures 84" x 92." I want an extra four inches on each side so my quilt back should measure 92" x 100."
I've started my log cabin block center with a 8" x 12" rectangle. I keep adding logs on the sides that measure 8" wide. The logs on the top and bottom measure 12" high. My finished log cabin block measures 64" x 84." I add side border fabric that is 14" wide and top/bottom border fabric that is 8" high. That would make the backing the 92" x 100" size that I wanted.
I've drawn an example on graph paper to illustrate what I mean. My imaginary quilt top measures 84" x 92." I want an extra four inches on each side so my quilt back should measure 92" x 100."
I've started my log cabin block center with a 8" x 12" rectangle. I keep adding logs on the sides that measure 8" wide. The logs on the top and bottom measure 12" high. My finished log cabin block measures 64" x 84." I add side border fabric that is 14" wide and top/bottom border fabric that is 8" high. That would make the backing the 92" x 100" size that I wanted.
#15
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Nice log cabin rectangle center block.
To make a rectangular log cabin, you just need to make your central "square" a rectangle, similar to this cushion I made for our deacon's bench:
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I think I would figure out the width/length ratio of the size quilt back, and use that same ratio for the central piece, and then divide the remainder by the number of logs I wanted to add.
Daffy
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I think I would figure out the width/length ratio of the size quilt back, and use that same ratio for the central piece, and then divide the remainder by the number of logs I wanted to add.
Daffy
#17
Thank you ladies for the drawings, helps me out so much and I really like all the ideas. I need to see how much of the Christmas fabric I have left over and that will help me decide how to proceed. Or would it be really dumb to use totally different fabrics for the back so that it becomes a reversible quilt, maybe Fall or Spring colors, so it can be used longer?
BTW, CCThomas I really like the bench and pad also, thanks for sharing.
BTW, CCThomas I really like the bench and pad also, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you ladies for the drawings, helps me out so much and I really like all the ideas. I need to see how much of the Christmas fabric I have left over and that will help me decide how to proceed. Or would it be really dumb to use totally different fabrics for the back so that it becomes a reversible quilt, maybe Fall or Spring colors, so it can be used longer?
BTW, CCThomas I really like the bench and pad also, thanks for sharing.
BTW, CCThomas I really like the bench and pad also, thanks for sharing.
#19
Thank you for the nice comments on my deacon's bench cushion. I have to share that it went through a minor rehabilitation a few years ago. DH accidentally left an uncapped pen on it, and somehow a book landed on top of the pen, forcing the point into the cushion. Washing didn't take the ink out, and I thought it was ruined!
The repair was akin to altering clothing, which I loathe, but I gritted my teeth and did it. These are the pieces of fabric and batting I took out:
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Daffy
The repair was akin to altering clothing, which I loathe, but I gritted my teeth and did it. These are the pieces of fabric and batting I took out:
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Daffy
#20
Maureen, you read correctly big and graphic one block. I need to remeasure the tops because I wrote it down somewhere that I would be sure to find again...
Not sending these to the LA, will have to do it myself.
So, I will post back when I get measurements and see what I come up with.
Thanks.
Not sending these to the LA, will have to do it myself.
So, I will post back when I get measurements and see what I come up with.
Thanks.
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