Beginning Quilting Tutorial--Log Cabin Style
Quilting to me is the epitome of frugality. I'm not a Fabric Snob, and let me just say, there are NO Quilt Police! No one is going to look at your creation that you made with your own hands and tell you that "this is wrong, or you didn't match that, etc. etc." If they do, let them go, you don't need that kind of negativity in your life! So, to get started, you've got a pile of scraps. Maybe someone gave them to you, maybe you saved them from some crafty project, maybe they are clothes that you no longer wear. Whatever the reason, this is where we begin. I find it easiest to work with small squares and strips. I cut my scraps into usable sizes. I think of them like building blocks, or Legos. You are just going to take a small piece and sew it together to make a bigger piece, and so on, and so on. Begin by finding a strip, and a handful of squares. Lay the strip face up, and the squares on top, facing down. Line t...