Pat_sews

UGHHHH I was wanting to make a king size log cabin quilt. I looked at a pattern.. (First mistake) I should have looked at a lot of patterns. I cut the strips 1-1/2 " wide. I cut a LOTTTT of them. While I was cutting I thought I would check QB to see if I could get some pointers. Almost all that I have read say to use 2" strips.. Have I jsut made the job double hard by such narrow strips? I want to do it in the Barn Raising pattern. This will be my first Log Cabin. What do you think? Should I start over or jsut make it with these? I am sure i have enough strips cut for 3/4's if not the whole quilt... Thank u for any suggestions...

Have a Great day.
Pat

ckcowl

lots of people use even narrower strips- like 1"---your strips will finish at 1" and will make a beautiful log-cabin quilt- i would not start over- i would use what has been cut- (personally i think the ones with wider strips really loose something special) your blocks will just finish a bit smaller than the pattern you chose & you will need more of them- or you can add extra rounds to make the blocks larger.

Prism99

I wouldn't start over. A log cabin with strips cut 1.5" wide will be beautiful. If you wanted a different look, you could cut larger strips or smaller strips too. Let me see if I can link to an example of an uneven log cabin quilt:
http://www.quiltology.com/quiltology...gy-quilts.html

Lori S

Almost every log cabin I have made have 1 1/2 inch cut strips.

LyndaOH

My first was 1.5" wide strips and it came out just fine. It was easy to work with and I didn't have any problems with the size.

Have fun with it!

Neanie

This is a log cabin I made with 1 1/2 inch strips. It's from Judy Martin's log cabin book. I love the look of this quilt.

dunster

I've made all my log cabins with 1.5" strips. If it's a scrappy log cabin you'll find that the colors mix better when the strips are smaller. You can also make more designs when the blocks are smaller. I make 9" blocks, but you could make any size.

Tartan

I would carry on with your 1 1/2 inch strips. It will take a little longer but you will get a better effect of the dark and light shading with smaller logs. Remember you can always do your next one with bigger logs if you want.

Jan in VA

This is one of mine with 1 and 1/4" strips!
I've always felt that the more logs the block has, the better it looks when finished.

Jan in VA

Dingle

Neanie, big thumbs up! Love it!