QUILTsocial | Issue 08

finished measurements 31” x 31”
materials
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Various quilting fabric remnants in
neutrals (creams, beiges, very light
yellow)
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Green batik scraps and pieces
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Yellow, red, gold, pink batiks
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Bias binding in brown batik
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Binding strips
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Bias binding maker
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Tailor’s awl
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Finger pressing tool
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Batting
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505 basting spray
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Template plastic
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Spray Starch
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Freezer paper
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Small paint brush
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Clever Clips (large and small)
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Marking pen
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Flatter pressing spray
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Quilting muslin
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Gütermann silk thread
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Size 10 hand quilting needles
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24” quilting hoop
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Thimble
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Birch branch
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Curtain rings
We’re going to make four 14½” log cabin
blocks.
The log cabin is a beginner block that
requires a lot of cutting. It’s a perfect use
for jelly roll pre-cuts, since they are 2½”
wide strips. Unfortunately, you might not
have a jelly roll bundle of neutral fabrics.
No worries.
Let’s whip out our rulers and rotary
cutters and make some 2½” strips.
I cut seven strips from eight different
neutrals. It helps to have some Clever
Clips around to clip the strips together as
you go. It just keeps everything tidy.
After you’ve cut your strips, you then
cut them (which is called sub-cutting in
quilting lingo) into varying lengths, but
the width stays the same.
For one block, cut:
Two 2½” squares
Two 4½” strips
Two 6½” strips
Two 8½” strips
Two 8½” strips
Two 10½” strips
Two 12½” strips
Two 14½” strips
Start piecing by joining the two 2½”
squares, followed by the 4½” strip, all
around the block, pressing with each
addition. Try to get the strips to lay as flat
as possible after piecing them. I’ll make
for easier time later when you’re quilting
the sandwich.
Make four 14½” blocks. (Please see the
layout diagram above).
Join these two blocks together, then join
the resulting half square to form a 28” x
28” quilt top.
Make a quilt sandwich spray baste layers
together, using safely pins to secure the
corners.
Free motion quilt in wavy vertical lines.
I added leafy squiggles along the lines.
Set aside.
Spray baste the quilt sandwich to prepare it
for free motion quilting, pinning the corners
to prevent shifting.
Completed blocks are pressed flat before being
joined together to create a large quilt top.
Cut out 2½” strips from a variety of cream,
beige and low volume neutral fabrics to create
a log cabin canvas.
Log Cabin block diagram
Use Flatter pressing spray and a finger pressing tool
to make the Log Cabin blocks as flat as possible.
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