TASTER: Quilt in a Day Log Cabin with Valerie Nesbitt

Valerie shows you how fast rotary cutting linked with the sewing machine can make this quilt in double-quick time.

Tutor	Valerie Nesbitt
Skill Level	Intermediate

Tutor

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Description

Fast, accurate and satisfying

I just love this form of construction – it allows me to be fast and accurate and satisfies my need-to-sew and Log Cabin works so well with all sorts of colours – just remember that the colour split is diagonally – light one side and dark the other.

Lots of variations

There is a huge range of possible settings with this standard block – try some and see – they will depend a little on your colour choice.

Looking through a camera lens or a door viewfinder (available from all good diy stores) really helps with the light/dark and tones – particularly good for scrap quilts.

The most common settings seen are the Fields and Furrows (as used in the display quilt) and Barn Raising – which is the large triangle setting.

You can decided which fabric you consider to be light and which dark – indeed the sharp eyed amongst you might notice that the display quilt has the colours reversed – I wanted more of the turquoise than the darker pink.