I love creating curves with straight lines! In the case of a Curved Log Cabin, you have a skinny side and wide side. This allows you to create “drunkard’s path” type blocks with straight pieces. Brilliant! The inspiration table runner I made with Curved Log Cabin blocks is below…

I taught the Curved Log Cabin Workshop to the Blackstone Valley Heritage Quilters on Saturday. We had a great time sewing blocks and watching the curves take shape. I’ll share some photos of progress during class. Thank you ladies for spending the day with me!

A couple of ladies took advantage of the kit I offered for the class. Here is Cathy F.’s progress along with the beautiful border fabric.

Carol V. also choose Christmas colors with her red/green/cream. Great progress!

And Carol was thrilled when she realized she matched a design in the fabric in a seam without even trying!! I said the Quilt Gods were with her.

Karen M. also went red and green, but chose to use the holly as the background (skinny side). I can’t wait to see the results.

Lori L. went for the popular blue and yellow color scheme. Her blue fabric was beautiful and the stars were shinning bright!

Looking forward to all the finishes, including Kathy B. who packed up before I could snap a photo of her progress. Well done ladies. I hope to share their finishes very soon!

Some tips I shared in class…

#1 – Mark your ruler with the strip lengths. The narrow side strips were all cut 1 1/4″ wide x varying lengths. While the wide side strips were 2″ wide. By marking their rulers they could cut and just slide their ruler down the strip for fast cutting. No searching for the correct length. It is marked on the ruler! See my ruler below.

#2 – Always check your seam allowance! With pre-cutting log cabin strips, each “round” will line up exactly with the previous pieced section. If the seam allowance is not correct, the block will get “out of square” very easily.

I hope your holiday sewing is going strong!

in quilting,

Debbie