Cutouts

Log Cabin

Cutouts

Designers: Bradley and Judy Niemeyer

Graphics: Carolyn Kreps,and Bradley Niemeyer

Cover Sheet Samples: Quiltworx (Judy Niemeyer Quilting)

Quilting by Quiltworx (Judy Niemeyer Quilting)

67” by 75”

General Information

Judy and Bradley Niemeyer designed the foundation blocks

used to make the Log Cabin Cutouts quilt shown on the cover.

We offer a special thanks to Hoffman Fabrics of California for

designing and providing the fabrics for our quilt.

Log Cabin Cutouts is designed as a companion quilt to the Cabin

Fever pattern using the leftover arcs and yardage for the spike

and striped-border components for this quilt. If you have not

made the Cabin Fever, it is not recommended that you make

this quilt. However, yardage information is available as a down-

loadable on our website that will allow you to cut solid arcs and

complete the spike piecing if you so choose.

Foundation Papers: The foundation papers needed to complete this

quilt were printed on newsprint. Newsprint is lightweight and tears

away from your stitches without damaging the threads. This pattern

includes enough foundation papers for the (LCS Units), along with

the templates and template layout sheets to complete (1) 67” by 75”

quilt as shown on the cover. The nished block size is 8” by 8”.

TP-68 Template Units 1 Pages

NP-186 Unit LCS Spikes 4 Pages

Instructions: Paper piecing and traditional piecing techniques

are required to assemble this quilt.

Corrections: If corrections are needed for this pattern after

publication, they will be listed on my webpage at http://www.quilt-

worx.com under the ‘Log Cabin Cutouts’ Pattern on the right col-

umn of the Pattern page. If you do not see any corrections, this

means, we have not have had to make any!

General Supply List: Steam iron, ironing board, medium size cutting

board, 6” by 24” ruler, small scissors, rotary cutter, seam ripper,

template plastic, and a sewing machine with a quarter-inch foot.

Paper Piecing Supply List: 12” Add-A-Quarter ruler, Scotch

tape, fabric glue stic, ower pins, Microtex Sharps (size 70

sewing needles), and a high-quality sewing thread. Other handy

tools used to keep your templates and fabrics organized are

large plastic bags, small binder clips, and large paper clips.

Denition of Common Terms and Tools

Add-A-Quarter Ruler: A small ruler with a quarter-inch lip on the

bottom side used to trim the quarter-inch seams for foundation pa-

per piecing. These can be purchased in three sizes: 6-inch, 12-inch,

or 18-inch rulers. I recommend the 12-inch rulers for this pattern.

Front and Backside of Paper: The

front-side

of the paper is

the side with all the printing. The

backside

of the paper is the

side with no printing.

Fold Template: A at piece of template plastic, which is used as

a straight edge when folding back the foundation papers before

trimming with your Add-A-Quarter ruler. A fold template can

be made by cutting a 3-inch by 12-inch piece of template plastic.

Solid Black Lines: The solid black lines on the foundation papers

marked Line 1, 2, 3, etc. are the

sewing lines

Dashed Lines: The dashed lines on the foundation papers show

the trimmed edge of the quarter-inch seam allowance.

Do not

sew on the dashed lines!

Flower Pins: Flower pins are a long pin with a at ower glued

to the end of each pin. The ower is at so the paper can easily

be folded back over the pin and still lay at.

Sewing Fabric Pieces, on the Foundation Paper:

When sewing the fabrics to the foundation paper, each fabric

piece must cover the underside area plus the extended seam

allowance for each section you are sewing. The dashed lines can

be used to locate this area before adding your fabrics. This can

be done three different ways and each technique works.

1. I fold and crease the papers on the dashed line before I add

the next piece of fabric. After creasing the dashed lines, I ip

the paper over to nd each section on the backside of the paper.

2. You can also trace the dashed lines on the backside of the

foundation paper. This can be done by using a light-table or by

placing the paper up to a window. Tracing works best when you

are working on large foundation units.

3. Some people hold the paper up to a light-source to see if the

fabric has been properly placed under the section they are sewing.

Organizing Your Bags

You will need (5) bags to keep your Log Cabin Cutouts pieces

organized.

Bag #1: Unit LCS (Log Cabin Star)

Bag #2: Background

Bag #3: Cutout Arcs

Bag #4: Pieced Border

Bag #5: Outer Border

If you made the Cabin Fever quilt you will have a bag of left

over components already saved in a bag Labeled ‘Log Cabin Cut-

outs’. From this bag, sort your pieces as follows:

Bag #1: The 6” x 6-1/2” rectangles from 5 groups of 5 light

fabrics and 5 groups of 5 dark fabrics (

total of 50 rectangles

)

should go in this bag. Clip these together in 5 stacks of 10.