Here's a good website for more ideas on color combos. Or, if you're stuck, here are some tried and true color combos: Dig into your fabric stash and pull out three colors that appeal to you. I chose my favorite color scheme for this virtual quilt pattern – black, white and red. It places the dark side and the light side of the block in the same positions throughout the pattern.ĭoing this results in what looks like alternating dark and light straight lines. This traditional pattern is a straight setting layout. Perhaps because it can be constructed in an almost endless number of ways. Today the block remains a favorite among quilters.
Depictions of the basic construction of the block can be found in the artifacts of many cultures - Egyptian, Roman, Peruvian and more. The log cabin quilt block has been known to cultures since ancient times.
