What is your favorite strip width for scrappy log cabins?
05-16-2010, 01:42 PM
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I hadn't thought of doing a log cabin with different widths. That quilt is spectacular, Bitty!
Does anyone know where I could find a pattern for this quilt? Even basic dimensions would help -- block size, center square size, strip widths.
Does anyone know where I could find a pattern for this quilt? Even basic dimensions would help -- block size, center square size, strip widths.
05-16-2010, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Originally Posted by gollytwo
Originally Posted by bitty39
If you use two different widths you can makea curved kinda affect....as per below.
From memory they were 1" and 1 1/2"!
From memory they were 1" and 1 1/2"!
05-16-2010, 03:25 PM
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I have always used 1 1/2" strips because it gives more movement to your quilt. but I have never tried different sizes in the same block---are the darks cut 1 2/2" and the
lights cut 2" ? that quilt sings ! and it is singing my song ! you always get the neatest,most precise log cabin blocks by cutting each log to size---but that is a horrible job when you start cutting boxes of strips you have carefully stacked through the years. I quickly decided to do the strip method and just be really careful with the sewing. I don't think I have ever saw an ugly log cabin !
lights cut 2" ? that quilt sings ! and it is singing my song ! you always get the neatest,most precise log cabin blocks by cutting each log to size---but that is a horrible job when you start cutting boxes of strips you have carefully stacked through the years. I quickly decided to do the strip method and just be really careful with the sewing. I don't think I have ever saw an ugly log cabin !
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