Log Cabin and strip quilt blocks

These blocks are built from strips. In a Log Cabin, logs are added round a center square one at a time, light on two sides and dark on the other two; Courthouse Steps adds them in pairs on opposite sides. Rail Fence and Chinese Coins sew strips side by side.

Strip blocks are quick to cut and forgiving to sew, but the logs have to be the right width for the block to come out square. Each page gives every log’s length and the order they go on.