Crooked Log Cabin
for the Precision Impaired

Click here to see quilts using this technique.

A six-hour workshop for quilt guilds
(Can also be offered as a three-hour workshop if I don't teach the crooked borders)

Taught by Amy Stewart Winsor

This is a free-spirited technique for those who love playing with color better than they like planning every detail. You will sew like crazy and create most of a wallhanging quilt top.

After making your blocks by machine in class, don’t square them up.  You will learn how to fit “non-square” blocks together, and pillowcase the edge with notches, creating Amy’s original “Crooked Borders”.  To add further pizzazz, learn to couch decorative yarn along the edges.

Crooked Log Cabin for the Precision Impaired Supply List

          Sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, thread

          rotary cutter, rotary cutting mat (larger is better)

12" or longer quilting ruler

          Fabric: Cotton quilting fabric (see instructions below)

Instructions for Choosing Quilt Fabrics

Each of your blocks will consist of a center, an inner square, and an outer square. For a small wallhanging, you will make 9 blocks  (4 in one value, 5 in the other).

Required: One fabric to use in all your centers:  One fat quarter will be plenty for 9 blocks. Choose a color that stands out as different, shows up well and contrasts greatly with all your other fabrics.  If you use red for your center, don’t use red elsewhere in the quilt.  Don’t use white.

Cutting the Strips Before Class:

The total yardage used for the quilt top is about 2 ½ yards.  From each fabric, cut one 2” wide strip, and one  3” wide strip, up to 30”long.  (Please don’t cut more than these 2 strips.)  If from a scrap, the strips should be between 6” and 30” long.  If using scraps, using 20-30 different fabrics is typical. 

If you already have a fabric stash, bring all your fabrics in the color scheme you would like to use.  Example #1:  Black and white dots for centers, red for dark outer squares, pink for light inner squares, deep purple for dark inner squares, lavender for light outer squares.   Example #2:  Bright orange for centers.  Dark animal prints for dark outer borders, light tans for light inner borders, and the opposite for the other half of the blocks. 

If you don’t own any fabric, buy a center fabric, and 16 fat quarters: (four fat quarters of each color)   1)a light color,  2) a dark,   3) a different light,  4) a different dark. (For example, 4 different pinks, 4 different reds, 4 different lime greens, 4 different forest greens)

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