"Log Cabin" block. Besides featuring a beautiful design and beautiful, is also making a very relatively simple. This block can be an excellent choice because it offers a variety of parameters and variations, so popular with beginners and more experienced quilter.

Block "Log Cabin" begins with a shape, usually square as its center, then surrounded by a rectangular patters which also varies with the color of light and dark fabrics.

"Log Cabin" is generally used as a blanket or bed cover design. According to some references, this block is found in the Atlantic

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