Log Cabin Quilt Love

Log Cab­in quilts are cer­tainly doing the rounds at the moment. There’s been quilt a few sew-alongs hap­pen­ing on Ins­tagram which is always fun and, mak­ing one has been on my quilt­ing buck­et list for way too long. Log Cab­in quilts are just the type of quilt I love. They are steeped in tra­di­tion, per­fect for scraps and so so pretty! I can­’t believe I had­n’t made one before now!

I had­n’t put away this pile of cor­al, peachy, pink fab­ric scraps after mak­ing over an Ikea cush­ion. I thought they’d look great in a quilt to match my daugh­ters bed­room. Just a few days later I saw that Cam­ille from Thimbleblos­som’s was host­ing a sew along with her Sweet Escape pat­tern on Ins­tagram. It was fate I tell you. Fate!


Log cab­in quilts are per­fect for chain piecing. It makes sew­ing quilt blocks super fast and, it allows for some good binge TV watch­ing or pod­cast listening! 

My tip for chain piecing is to have a fin­ished block hanging up right where you are sew­ing. I find it just provides an easy ref­er­ence to help ensure your block is being sewn correctly.

Before you know it you’ll have a nice pile of blocks all ready for sew­ing in to a quilt top.

Not the best photo ever taken it does show the fun star shapes the Sweet Escape pat­tern lays the blocks out in. 

I had this one quilted by the won­der­ful Meredith in a tra­di­tion­al baptist fan pat­tern. Meredith does beau­ti­ful work and she agreed that this quilt­ing design was just per­fect for a log cab­in quilt. I haven’t washed it yet but I know its going to devel­op the per­fect crinkly good­ness when I do. All the bet­ter for snug­gling under if you ask me!

Thanks so much for stop­ping by.

Happy quilt­ing,

11 thoughts on “Log Cabin Quilt Love

  1. This is quilt is abso­lutely gor­geous — and the back­ing, just per­fect. I also love the quilt­ing on it — it does­n’t take away from the design — only adds won­der­ful move­ment to it all. A real treasure!

  2. This is a beau­ti­ful log cab­in quilt! I agree with the oth­er com­menter, the baptist fan quilt­ing adds to the quilt.

  3. What a gor­geous quilt! The photo laid out really shows off the pat­tern with the lights and darks. I haven’t made a log cab­in quilt for quite some time and this gives me the bug for sure. I’m so glad I just ran across your site!

  4. What a gor­geous quilt! The photo laid out really shows off the pat­tern with the lights and darks. I haven’t made a log cab­in quilt for quite some time and this gives me the bug for sure. I’m so glad I just ran across your site!

  5. Gor­geous! I’ve been gath­er­ing some pink and cream fab­ric to do a log cab­in. I will look for this pattern

  6. I am cur­rently mak­ing a log cab­in quilt for a soon-to-be moth­er. She is wait­ing to learn the gender of the baby and I think the back­ing of your quilt would be per­fect. Do you by chance know the design­er or name of the pat­tern of the boy/girl chain fabric?

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