Quilt As You Go LOG CABIN BLOCK (2 WAYS): Quick, Easy & Perfect For Scraps + Beginners!

so who doesn't love a scrappy log cabin block let's do it but quilled as you go just before we get started i want to tell you about this idea i had for a free quilt as you go along so stick around and i'll tell you all about it so in this video i'm going to show you how to piece the log cabin block in the traditional way i'm also going to show you how to stitch and flip it onto batting and backing and then i'm going to talk about a couple of different ways that you can join quilted log cabin blocks together hi i'm monica from pattern pool tv and for the last five months i've been posting a weekly video about quilt as you go so i've ended up with all these blocks hanging around the studio and i thought hey why don't we just do i could go along if you're a beginner if you're advanced or somewhere in between and you're just looking for a fun supportive group and something we can all do together then this could be for you but if this isn't for you no problem at all we're still going to be posting our usual weekly quiz to go video giving you lots of tips and tricks for quilting that way you can add it all to your patchwork and quilting repertoire so how's it going to work well it's free because there aren't any written instructions all of the measurements will be put on the screen so you can screenshot it you can take a photo you can write it down and then all you do is just follow along as i make the block in the video actually i'll get a laura to put the measurements in a weekly blog post and you'll be able to find that on our website and we'll put a link in the description for you so what are we going to make well it's a mystery quilt because i'm making up as we go along there's going to be 36 blocks that they all start at 10 inches they could finish around nine inches it's going to look like the quilt behind me so we've got six blocks across six blocks down some of the blocks are going to be repeated and some of the blocks are going to be one-off design now there's no requirements list for this because it's a scrap quilt so quilting and patchwork is inherently thrifty so we're going to use up what we have now every backing square is going to be 10 inches so you can use a layer cake for your backing squares and your quilt can look fun and reversible on the back every fabric on the front is just going to be from my stash so if you don't have a stash of fabrics go and get a fat quarter bundle pack some layer cakes maybe even some charm squares there's lots of little bits that you'll be able to use up in the quilt but just watch everywhere you can see what we're using if you want your colors to look like mine just try and copy those colors as we go along so i'm going to join the blocks together just in the same way that i did with the diamond string quilt where i put the cover strips on the back so that's fully machine sewn or you'll also have the option of joining them together using the more traditional joining strip method so if you'd like to get involved subscribe to our channel patentpooltv and click the notification button so that you don't miss out on a video you can also join our private facebook group and you can also head to our website and sign up for our email newsletter and if you're sharing anything any of your pictures on social media we're going to have a hashtag which is hashtag patternpool qayg along 2021 we thought we'd give it a date because if you enjoy it we're going to come back and do it again the first four blocks are going to be the blocks that i made in last week's video so you might want to go back and check that one out after you've watched this video and today's block is a scrappy cool to go kind of wonky log cabin block so a log cabin block is basically a square with strips sewn around the outside edge to make our block we're going to start with a three and a half inch center square and then you're going to need six dark fabrics and six light fabrics the first four strips in the dark fabric are going to be cut an inch and a half and our two outer strips are going to be cut two and a half inches same thing on the light side we're going to have four strips that are cut one and a half inches wide and then we're going to cut two strips on the outside edge which are going to be two and a half inches wide you'll need a ten inch backing square and you'll also need a nine inch square of batting now if you do want to make your quilt using the joining strip method just cut your batting the same size as your backing square but my backing and batting there's a half inch gap around the edge and that's because i'm going to join it together using my easy cover strip method i have held my pieces together using a light application of basting spray so here are the cutting instructions if you want to take a screenshot or a photo and if you join again with the quilt as you go along we're going to make four log cabin blocks so for each block you're going to need a three and a half inch center square and these are our strips down here we've got our six light six dark they're the sizes that's the length that you need just to make one block i have added an extra half inch onto each piece to allow for trimming and if you're making the four blocks that's the measurement that you're going to need there or the length that you're going to need and you'll need a backing square for each one which is 10 inches and a batting square which is 9 inches for each block so at the sewing machine i have a neutral colored thread on i have a size 70 needle and that's a finer needle because i'm only sewing through two layers of patchwork fabric i also have a stitch length of two and the reason why i have a stitch length of two is because when you're piecing you don't really back tack or reverse so a smaller stitch length is less likely to come undone and i also have my quarter inch foot on with the guide so if you're making four log cabin blocks you want to make all four exactly the same and you'll see why when i go to lay them all out so first of all i have my center square and i'm going to take my first strip and pop that on like this so right sides together and i'm just sewing with a quarter inch seam so before i flip my strip out to press it i'm actually just going to trim it to the same size as my center square and now i press the seam spin the block anti-clockwise and place your next strip right sides together and we're going to start it level with the top edge of our first strip now if the top edge of this strip is nice and straight you can just make it level with the top edge of your first strip trim and press so now that we have two light strips sewn on we're going to spin the block anti-clockwise again and we're going to sew a dark strip on once again spin your block anti-clockwise and sew on another dark strip bend your block anti-clockwise and now sew on another two light strips and then another two dark strips in the same way [Music] [Music] now in the same way sew two of your light wider strips on and then two of the dark wider strips on [Music] [Music] so there's my finished log cabin block now log cabin blocks can be made in all different sizes you can have a smaller center square your strips can be different sizes all the same size i've actually chosen to use a wider strip around the outer edge because i know that we're going to have a lot of beginners in this group and that way you know if it works out a little bit smaller you can easily trim it back now if you did want to make a quilt as you go log cabin quilt with all log cabin blocks and you didn't want to have any joining strips you could easily quilt these blocks and put them together with your batting and backing cut them any way you like they're normally just stitched in the ditch or you might want to echo quilt each seam and all you have to do is make sure that you leave the outer edges free of any quilting and then you'll be able to join them together using the traditional technique so you can check that method out i'll put the link in the description so you can see that video okay so now let's do it again but this time quilt as you go it's going to be a wonky log cabin block and i'm going to do this once again i mentioned we're going to have a lot of beginners joining the quilter to go along and so i thought by making it wonky you don't have to stress too much about making sure it's all perfectly straight and also i love the look of a wonky log cabin okay so i have my batting and backing square i have my batting held together with my backing square using a little bit of basting spray if you don't want to use basting spray you don't have to i do find that it holds everything together quite nicely now what i'm going to do just so i can position my center square in a central location i'm just going to mark a line which is three and a quarter inches away from the edge just kind of marking in the central position like that now i'm going to take my center square and place it in the center but to make it wonky what i'm going to do is i'm just going to off-center that slightly so if you can see my marked line i'm going to have about an eighth of an inch away on each corner just like that then i'm going to take a pin and i'm going to pop a pin in the center make sure you don't make this too wonky otherwise all your strips won't fit on so it's slightly wonky okay so for our quilt as you go log cabin block i have my neutral colored thread on this time i have a size 80 quilting needle on and that's because we are actually quilting while we are sewing it's a bit of a heavier needle i have a stitch length of three on so once again we're stitching through thicker fabric so my stitch length is longer and i'm also using my standard foot this time so first of all try using your standard foot and seeing if you can move your needle position over so that the distance from the edge of your foot to the needle is that scant quarter inch seam allowance if you find that your work is puckering up a little bit you may need to put your walking foot on but i'm just going to use my standard foot as i said with my needle position moved over and now it's time to sew and i'm going to make this block in the exact same sequence that i made the last block so place your first strip right sides together with your center it's a light strip to begin with and just as i mentioned in last week's video always make sure that you start and finish your stitching a quarter of an inch away from your underneath shape and this is going to stop the stitches from crossing over on the back of the block i like to make a little dot there i just do that by eye i also have my machine set up with an automatic tie off so that's going to happen at the beginning and at the end but if you don't have that function on your machine just do a nice little reverse stitch at the beginning and at the end of each row of stitching so i'm just going to finger press my piece over you can press as you go i find when i'm doing the batting and backing i just like to press it over finger press as i go so remember it's two lights and then two darks so trim the underneath piece and then flip your strip over to the right side and continue stitching and flipping your strips around just in the same way that we did with the first log cabin but we're just stitching and flipping through the batting and backing [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] when your block is complete press it [Music] and trim it to the same size as your backing square now even though they're in the same combination you'll see that you can lay all of your blocks out so that they have all the darks in the center and even though everything was made in the same combination all of the pieces look mixed up you can also turn them so that you can have the lights in the center i'll call it's a mystery quilt i don't even know which way i'm going to have our blocks yet [Music] i love a wonky block so there will be more wonky blocks to time with these ones so if you're joining in with the quilt as you go along there's eight blocks to get started with so next week's video is going to be my top tips for quilter to go just to give everyone a chance to get started and catch up so thanks for watching and i'll see you next week bye

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Length: 15min 23sec (923 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 02 2021