Welcome to log cabin quilting! In this first part, we'll focus on the classic, simple, and very modern square-within-a-square block setting. Susan will walk you through the basics of choosing fabric, cutting strips, and pressing and piecing your 'logs.' Once you've learned how to make a complete block in this simple style, she'll show you how to turn it into a beautiful quilted pillow.

What you will learn:
– How to cut center squares and strips
– Simple log cabin piecing
– Basting and geometric quilting techniques
– How to make custom binding tape
– How to make a pillow with an envelope back

Now that you've learned the basic skills for constructing a log cabin block, it's time to talk about block settings. In this section, Susan will demonstrate some of the most popular historical block settings, like Barn Raising, Straight Furrows, and Sunshine and Shadow. She then shows you how to lay out and piece together a stunning asymmetrical baby quilt.

What you will learn:
– How to cut and assemble log cabin blocks
– Chain-piecing
– Log cabin block layout options
– Using a design wall to arrange and rearrange blocks
– Assembling a quilt top

In Part 3, let's mix things up with a minimal and stylish modern cross block. The striking cross motif is a fun way to play with scale and color, and in this class, Susan demonstrates how to use colorful jelly roll or roll up precuts to make a matching table runner and trivet.

 

Once you know the rules of log cabin quilting, you can break them! In this final episode, Susan shows you fun ways to improvise log cabin techniques to make "wonky" blocks. She then ends the course with an eye-catching tote bag featuring colorful, improvised quarter log cabin blocks.

What will you learn:
– Wonky log cabin block piecing
– Topstitching
– Box corners and simple tote bag construction
– Lining a tote bag