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Machine quilting designs for log cabin blocks.
To mark join the lines from one edge of the quilt top to the other.
The log cabin quilt is a popular design in american quilting and gathered popularity as far back as 1800s spiking in popularity during the civil war.
Four log cabin blocks are shown with the dark purple corners pointing toward the center.
The blocks are 14 inches square unfinished.
See how to quilt commonly used quilt blocks on your domestic sewing machine.
I m sewing them together in what might be called lights and shadows with blue areas meeting in the middle of each group of four blocks.
You can use the same stitching paths for an entire quilt top assembled from log cabin blocks no matter how the blocks are oriented.
Jan 19 2014 digitized pattern for statler stitcher intelliquilter handiquilter innova prostitcher qbot side saddle pc quilter and compuquilter machines.
What designs have you used or tried that enhances the fabric in a log cabin quilt without detracting from it and that could be done on a small harp domestic machine.
Lines in a free form manner gives a sense of movement across the quilt and sharply contrasts the linear design of the log cabin blocks.
Whether this is because of a need to make use of scrap fabrics or the fact that so many homes had been build in a log cabin style is difficult to determine.