Log Cabin Quilt Block Tutorial

Improv Pineapple Log Cabin Block

The log cabin block is ripe for modern reinterpretation and modern quilters have seized that opportunity. The traditional pineapple log cabin is up for a modern redo as well. The pineapple log cabin block is typically paper pieced, but this modern version is free pieced with stitch and flip triangles creating the signature triangles that characterize this block.

The bag has lots of handy compartments to keep toiletries organized as you travel. Free Sewing Tutorial.

I was interested in the interplay between half square triangles and half rectangle triangles. I sat down with some graph paper and came up with this.

This welt pocket tutorial also makes use of a backing, (cut from the main fabric) inside the pocket bag so that should the welt pocket gape at all, the main garment fabric is visible not the pocket lining! Most home sewing patterns don’t include this backing and you can leave it out and just use the pocket Bag lining, but I think the backing adds a really nice professional touch.

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I am so pleased to share this lunch bag tutorial with you today. It is insulated, fully lined and washable, with a water resistant interior. This lunch bag is surprisingly roomy and, just to make life simpler, it even folds flat for easy storage! It’s perfect for work, your kids’ school lunches or for snacks on the go.

Can’t bear to throw out those jeans, but know that realistically you’ll never squeeze.
Give new life to your old jeans by making a shopping bag with them. Add some patchwork fabric to your design to create an additional dimension. Have fun recycling!