Double Four Patch Quilt Binding

My Double Four Patch quilt came back from my friend Eleni. So grateful to her for her quick and wonderful long-arm quilting!

I chose a dark blue fabric for the binding.

I prepared the binding strip. As I was in a hurry (my sister was coming soon to Greece to take delivery of it), I had no time to proceed as usual : machine sewing on the right side and then hand sewing on the back, so I decided to try, for the first time, machine sewing on both sides. For this I proceeded the opposite way from what I usually do :

I have been sewing the strip on the wrong side and then turning it on the right side, sewing very carefully on it. The end result is quite satisfying from my point of view.

Blue Binding

2" strips

My blue Log Cabin quilt shown HERE came back from the long arm quilting of Eleni, who did a wonderful job again.

I chose an aqua fabric for the binding and I sewed it as explained HERE.

You can see a close photo of my presser foot, and as several persons asked me what kind of sewing machine I use, I wished to give you a little explanation : this is an industrial Singer machine that my husband gave me after he closed his factory almost 20 years ago. 

I had never used a sewing machine before as I was piecing all my quilts by hand. This big machine was quite impressive for me in the beginning, but when I got used to it I really appreciated, it's a dream of a machine that never needed any service all these years! It allows me to sew without ever pinning anything, which is time saving!

Now I'm going to handbind on the reverse side of the quilt, quiet in the garden... summer came back here!

Greetings.

Christine

Easy Log Cabin Tutorial

Today I will show you the EASIEST possible way to make a LOG CABIN block.

WITHOUT measuring any strip length!

Finished block

The finished block measures 7 1/4" x 7 1/4"

Selected fabrics

My fabric selection : a red center, three dark pink and three light beige. 

You can use any colors, but always a dark side and a light side.

Center

For the central square, cut 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Strips ready

Cut your strips from the Cross Grain (from selvage to selvage), width 1 1/2".

Two squares

The first piece to add to the red center is a square, same dimensions as the center.

Two squares pieced

 Piece those two squares right side against right side. Open and press. Turn once CLOCKWISE.

Add the strip of the same fabric, sew right side against right side.

Cut the remaining length of the strip.

First row

Open and press. Turn once CLOCKWISE

Add the light color strip for the second row.

Cut the remain. 

Go on the same way all the time for the other rows, always turning ONCE CLOCKWISE

 and ALTERNATING two dark strips and two light strips.

Second row

Third row

Fourth row

Fifth row

Sixth row

Press hot without moving your iron.

Your block is now finished, you may just need to trim the sides to get an accurate square of 7 1/2".

Enjoy your Log Cabin!

Christine