Mock Log Cabin Quilt Block
Finished Block Size: 8" x 8"This simple quilt block resembles a log cabin block, but goes together more quickly, especially when you use chain piecing to assemble its units.
Choose four outer fabrics for the rectangles that surround the four-patch center, moving from dark to medium in a clockwise manner as shown in the illustration. Variations in color value will give you a good number of layout possibilities when it's time to sew the blocks together.
You needn't sew with black and white fabrics -- they are used in the illustrations to help show value placement.
The instructions make three mock log cabin quilt blocks. Repeat to make additional blocks. Make this quilt block as scrappy as you like by varying its fabrics.
Quilt Block Cutting Chart
For Outer RectanglesVery dark fabric:
- Cut three 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" rectangles
Dark fabric:
- Cut three 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles
Medium dark fabric:
- Cut three 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles
Medium fabric:
- Cut three 2 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangles
For Four-Patch Centers
Medium light fabric:
- Cut one 2 1/2" x 17" strip
Light fabric:
- Cut one 2 1/2" x 17" strip
Use a 1/4" seam allowance for all seams. Cut all pieces so the fabric's straight grain runs parallel to the outer edges.
