The Big Log Cabin Quilt

The big log cabin quilt came about because I wanted to make a new couch quilt quickly.

I have always loved a log cabin quilt. I have made another one in the past with Alison Glass fabric that I loved, but for this one I wanted to make it quickly because I had so many projects on the go and deadlines to meet.

I had been given some beautiful Aquarelle fat quarters from a fabric distributor and wanted to show case them in this quilt.

I calculated how many fat quarters I would need for the quilt and then worked out how to cut them to give the best results. Unfortunately my fat quarters were not all 18″ wide, so I had to change my original layout idea and come up with a new layout that involved piecing one of the longest strips.

I needed 16 colourful fat quarters and 10 low volume fat quarters.

Below are my fabric choices for the colourful fat quarters.

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This quilt is so easy to cut and piece. Layer your fat quarters and cut with a sharp rotary blade and lay all of your blocks out in rows, so you can piece easily.

I calculated that it took 12 minutes to sew and iron each block, that makes for a quick quilt because there are only 16 blocks in this quilt.

There are so many layout options with a log cabin quilt, I decided to go with the first layout pictured.

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As soon as I finished this one, I decided to use my stash of Bari J fabric to make another one, this one slightly different. I wanted to use more of the florals and less of the low volume fabrics.

See below my choice of fabrics, beautiful aren’t they?

This quilt came together quickly too!

If you want to make a quick log cabin too, the pattern is available in my shop. It has the fabric requirements and fat quarter cutting instructions for both quilts and assembly instructions.