Log Cabin Quilts and its’ Variations One of the most popular quilt blocks, the Log Cabin block is easy to piece and is a good choice for the beginning quilter. It is an excellent choice for a scrap quilt and offers many different settings and variations thus making it popular with more seasoned quilters.
Log Cabin designs were made in the United States as early as the 1860s, and their construction introduced the new foundation technique. In this technique, a square of lightweight cotton cloth is cut to the size of the block, and fabric is pieced to that foundation, working from the center out. In many of the old quilts the center square was red. This was to symbolize the hearth of the home. Since the foundation acts as an extra inner layer, these quilts do not usually incorporate a layer of batting and are not quilted, although sometimes they are tied.
Log Cabin Light and Dark Doll Quilt 23” x 26” 1890
Log Cabin: Barn Raising United Kingdom1890
Log Cabin: Barn Raising Variation 1870
Light and Dark 1875
Log Cabin: Light and Dark 1885
Log Cabin: Court House Steps Doll Quilt 1880
Log Cabin: Light and Dark 1925 Amish
Log Cabin: Light and Dark/Straight Furrows 1925
Gee’s Bend Quilts
Log Cabin: Housetop Henrietta Pettway 1930
Log Cabin: Housetop Amelia Bennett “Bars and Strips” 1929
Log Cabin: Housetop Rachel Carey “Georgia” 1930
Log Cabin: Housetop Martha Jane Pettway 1945
Log Cabin: Housetop Sue Willie Seltzer 1955
Log Cabin: Housetop Addie Pearl Nicholson 1974
Log Cabin Flora Moore 1975
Log Cabin Sadie Bell Nelson “Monkey Wrench” 1965
Log Cabin: Housetop Mary Liz Kennedy 1965
Log Cabin: Housetop Linda Diane Bennett 1970
Log Cabin: Housetop Minnie Sue Coleman “Pig in the Pen” 1970
Log Cabin: Housetop Irene Williams 1975
Log Cabin: Housetop Mary Lee Bendolp 1998
Log Cabin Quilts Contemporary Variations
Log Cabin: Anna Williams “LIX Log Cabin” 1993
Log Cabin: Light and Dark Straight Furrows Dena Canty 1991
Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Crazy Squares 1997
Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Jewel Squares 1997
Log Cabin: Nancy Crow “Crosses”1976
Log Cabin: Liz Axford Emotions and Abstractions #2 1994
Log Cabin: Liz Axford Within and Without #6 2000
Log Cabin: South Africa - Jutta Farringer “In The Smoky Mountains” 1998
Log Cabin: South Africa - Juta Farringer “Reisefieber” (Anticipating the Journey) 2000
Log Cabin: Amy Orr “Twist Tied” 2000
Log Cabin: Korea Mi Sik Kim “Lost Years” 2002
Log Cabin: Japan Tomoko Fujioka “Butterfly” 1990
Log Cabin: Japan Toyoko Fujisaki “Moon Light” 1990