Transcript Skedalehouse.com THE LOG CABIN BLOCK WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL ? Quiltviews.com LOG CABIN DESIGN The Log Cabin quilt design is one of the.

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THE LOG CABIN BLOCK
WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL ?
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LOG CABIN DESIGN
The Log Cabin quilt design is one of the most
recognizable of all quilt patterns. Beginning
with the center shape, usually a square,
strips of fabric are sewn clockwise around
the center. The fabric is divided into two
shades of color…one group of dark and one
group light shades.
There are many variances of this ‘initial’
design. This is such an ‘easy’ design that it is
preferred by novice as well as advanced
quilters.
Jane Hall, quilter and teacher
http://www.womenfolk.com/quilt_pattern_history/logcabin.htm
Found on blog.shopmartingale.com
Samples of Log Cabin Designs
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91919735@N00/154217017/in/set-1448269/
Isabelle – pieced with African Textiles
http://ktylou.canalblog.com/archives/2013/04/30/27041215.html
L’heure Indigo (blog is in French)
Pieced by Cheryl Jeffries Quilted
by Jessica’s Quilting Studio
“From Whence They Came…”
• Many believe Log Cabin pattern came from the pioneer days of US History
• The “Mummy theory” is one of the most plausible theories of the beginnings
of the Log Cabin pattern.
• Pre-dates to the ancient Egyptian mummies and British designs. When the
tombs of Egypt were opened (early 19th century) small animal mummies
(placed as objects of respect to deceased royalty) were found by the British
Explorers. The British Museum houses some of the mummies which shows the
intricacies of the design. Many of the artifacts were brought back as ‘gifts’ to
the farmers for fertilizer.
• It is also believed that land cultivation from the Middle Ages to the European
and British Isles is from where the ‘pattern’ came… the farmers had small areas
inside the wall confines and only had a small amount of space to grow their
crops….the dark side is the wet soil and the light side is the dry soil.
Egyptian Mummies— Run-Rig Fields—
British In-Laid Wood Design
http://www.womenfolk.com/quilt_patter
n_history/logcabin.htm
www.womenfolk.com
Philica.com – The Scottish Run-Rig Fields
Log Cabin and U.S. History
• Log Cabin quilts made an appearance in the United States in the 1860’s
during the Civil War.
• Folklore suggests the Log Cabin had a connection to the presidency of
Abraham Lincoln… the pattern was quite popular and was a symbol for
pioneer spirit and American values. Many of the names come from this
era: Courthouse Steps, The Whitehouse Steps, Barn Raising, Sunshine and
Shadows.
• Oral folklore tells us that the Log Cabin pattern was widely used in the
Underground Railroad movement…A black center was a symbol for a safe
haven stop for the slaves’ journey to freedom. It was also a symbol to set
up a ‘home’ in a free state.
• Traditionally, a red center meant the ‘hearth of the home’ and a yellow
center meant a ‘welcoming light’ in the window.
More Examples of the Log Cabin pattern
www.skeldalehouse.com
www.keepsakequilting.com
www.quiltingboard.com
Don’t be a square…
www.quiltinginmaine.com
http://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/different-logcagin-t255105.html
A Different Log Cabin – traditional
pattern but quilted in curves
http://www.quiltingboard.com/pictures-f5/snake-river-log-cabin-teresa-quiltedcharisma-t102017.html
Snake River Log Cabin
www.quiltingboard.com
So…..Shall We?
Spiral Log Cabin
centered
Spiral Log Cabin
Off-centered
Courthouse Steps
Pieces for Spiral Log Cabin
3
4
5
6
7
8
1½
inches
1½
inches
1½
inches
1½
inches
1½
inches
1½
inches
24 squares
2 inches
Width of fabric – selvage to selvage (approx 42 inches)
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