1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Log Cabin Light and Dark Doll Quilt 23” x 26” 1890

4. Log Cabin: Barn Raising United Kingdom1890

5. Log Cabin: Barn Raising Variation 1870

6. Light and Dark 1875

7. Log Cabin: Light and Dark 1885

8. Log Cabin: Court House Steps Doll Quilt 1880

9. Log Cabin: Light and Dark 1925 Amish

10. Log Cabin: Light and Dark/Straight Furrows 1925

11. Gee’s Bend Quilts

12. Log Cabin: Housetop Henrietta Pettway 1930

13. Log Cabin: Housetop Amelia Bennett “Bars and Strips” 1929

14. Log Cabin: Housetop Rachel Carey “Georgia” 1930

15. Log Cabin: Housetop Martha Jane Pettway 1945

16. Log Cabin: Housetop Sue Willie Seltzer 1955

17. Log Cabin: Housetop Addie Pearl Nicholson 1974

18. Log Cabin Flora Moore 1975

19. Log Cabin Sadie Bell Nelson “Monkey Wrench” 1965

20. Log Cabin: Housetop Mary Liz Kennedy 1965

21. Log Cabin: Housetop Linda Diane Bennett 1970

22. Log Cabin: Housetop Minnie Sue Coleman “Pig in the Pen” 1970

23. Log Cabin: Housetop Irene Williams 1975

24. Log Cabin: Housetop Mary Lee Bendolp 1998

25. Log Cabin Quilts Contemporary Variations

26. Log Cabin: Anna Williams “LIX Log Cabin” 1993

27. Log Cabin: Light and Dark Straight Furrows Dena Canty 1991

28. Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Crazy Squares 1997

29. Log Cabin: Kaffe Fassett Jewel Squares 1997

31. Log Cabin: Nancy Crow “Crosses”1976

32. Log Cabin: Liz Axford Emotions and Abstractions #2 1994

33. Log Cabin: Liz Axford Within and Without #6 2000

34. Log Cabin: South Africa - Jutta Farringer “In The Smoky Mountains” 1998

35. Log Cabin: South Africa - Juta Farringer “Reisefieber” (Anticipating the Journey) 2000

36. Log Cabin: Amy Orr “Twist Tied” 2000

37. Log Cabin: Korea Mi Sik Kim “Lost Years” 2002

38. Log Cabin: Japan Tomoko Fujioka “Butterfly” 1990

39. Log Cabin: Japan Toyoko Fujisaki “Moon Light” 1990