tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post1751637179898101304..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: Log Cabin- How Old is the Name?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-78664805122632169172010-03-29T09:59:42.615-05:002010-03-29T09:59:42.615-05:00The 1876 bound edition of "The Ladies Treasur...The 1876 bound edition of "The Ladies Treasury" English women's magazine has a Log Cabin project, foundation pieced with silk, starting with a white silk square, but is called "Mosaic Patchwork". Curious when the Log Cabin name was clearly in use a decade earlier in the USA!<br /><br />Some lovely eye candy in those quilts roundups and the Log Cabin cat mummy is fascinating.Susan Briscoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478005503421741631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-41016687324065465672010-03-25T19:24:25.487-05:002010-03-25T19:24:25.487-05:00Barbara-great post and answer to a very common que...Barbara-great post and answer to a very common question. Love the cat mummy-would love to know if the pattern survives from mummy days to the 1860s-will be fun to look for it. Thanks--Laura's quilts are wonderful.Nancy Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00123381915839054165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-64175873624362090422010-03-25T17:24:56.720-05:002010-03-25T17:24:56.720-05:00PS
I read somewhere about twenty years ago that t...PS <br />I read somewhere about twenty years ago that the Log Cbin block was one of the first to be converted to machine piecing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-66771132022031272442010-03-25T17:22:04.700-05:002010-03-25T17:22:04.700-05:00Barbara,
Thank you for this information ..... I kn...Barbara,<br />Thank you for this information ..... I knew the design predated the name, but didn't know when the name came about.<br />I would love to be able to see more of the cat wrapping .... it uses both Log Cabin and Courthouse Step blocks!<br />Judy BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-75774155251994431752010-03-25T04:48:30.013-05:002010-03-25T04:48:30.013-05:00Buffy - Have to agree with you about the sewing ma...Buffy - Have to agree with you about the sewing machines and Log Cabin quilts! Also, it is a great scrap user. It have made several and enjoyed each one.<br />The group shown here are very special. I have to vote for The 1875 LC lol, but I am a nut on older quilts. Thanks Barbara<br />JulieinTNUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13458072638353773969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-25661761629177582492010-03-24T21:55:46.679-05:002010-03-24T21:55:46.679-05:00Barbara I've had a private theory that the pop...Barbara I've had a private theory that the popularity of Log Cabins was related to the development and use of sewing machines. I know they were and are done by hand; but seems with that much seaming it was designed for machine sewing. <br />Great collection. Thank you.Buffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13902935846546534951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-45046195256379518522010-03-24T21:27:28.132-05:002010-03-24T21:27:28.132-05:00ZigZag set is my favorite, too. I get so excited ...ZigZag set is my favorite, too. I get so excited when I see on my dashboard that you have a new post. I could look at that first quilt all day. It's fabulous!wordmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223539061981493778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-41187382235058982682010-03-24T20:46:52.922-05:002010-03-24T20:46:52.922-05:00I sometimes bypass Log Cabin because it seems so o...I sometimes bypass Log Cabin because it seems so ordinary, but your examples are all so different. Love the ZigZag set.Sharon~Two Bits Patcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13326838739297520155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-42675932412219053142010-03-24T18:51:20.915-05:002010-03-24T18:51:20.915-05:00Amazing quilts..I have only just done a mini log c...Amazing quilts..I have only just done a mini log cabin, my first log cabin and already I'm hooked on them..Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207957464039686839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-70110926899048751442010-03-24T13:43:51.072-05:002010-03-24T13:43:51.072-05:00There is a 1 page history of the log cabin quilt i...There is a 1 page history of the log cabin quilt in the new magazine Antique Quilts from the editors of American Patchwork & Quilting. See page 31. I just picked up the magazine today and saw this.ann hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068868213248274695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-49245930968415523932010-03-24T10:21:23.840-05:002010-03-24T10:21:23.840-05:00Thank you for the information. This was very inter...Thank you for the information. This was very interesting! I have always loved the log cabin block, mainly because you can set the blocks in so many ways. One of my first quilts was a log cabin, barn raising setting.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665481715449959495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-83417274632510936642010-03-24T08:51:04.104-05:002010-03-24T08:51:04.104-05:00I love them all! It is amazing to see how one bloc...I love them all! It is amazing to see how one block can make so many variations! I have never made a log cabin quilt and I am so inspired by this post that I see one in very near future!<br />Thank you Barbara for this wonderful post!<br />Mummy pattern... I would have never thought of that either!Sujata Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342637667662268215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-5947709676361975802010-03-24T08:35:29.412-05:002010-03-24T08:35:29.412-05:00great post
LOVE that first log cabin, very creativ...great post<br />LOVE that first log cabin, very creative use of the fabrics , looks like lots of borders!<br />Wow that is a log cabin wrapping the cat on the left!<br />I thought for sure the block was earlier than that...one of those quilt designs you think that has been around forever.<br />I love log cabin designs, never tire of making them either.<br />Thanks!<br />Kathieantique quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379983489980682690noreply@blogger.com