♪ THE POPULARITY OF LOG CABIN QUILTS GOES ON AND ON.

TODAY WE'LL SEE LOG CABIN QUILTS BOTH OLD AND NEW FROM SEVERAL CORNERS OF THE WORLD, BUT WHEREVER WE GO, THE BASIC CONCEPT REMAINS THE SAME.

IT'S THAT DRAMATIC CONTRAST OF LIGHTS AND DARKS WITHIN A GIVEN AREA.

NOW, LOG CABIN VARIATIONS CAN TAKE MANY SHAPES.

STAY TUNED.

♪ "LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM OMNIGRID, THE ORIGINAL, PATENTED BLACK AND YELLOW RULER, BY FAIRFIELD PROCESSING, MAKER OF POLY-FIL BRAND PRODUCTS, AND BY COATS & CLARK, SERVING AMERICA'S SEWING NEEDS FOR OVER 125 YEARS, FEATURING COATS DUAL DUTY PLUS SEWING AND QUILTING THREAD.

I'VE BEEN HAVING FUN DOING MANY OF "THE CLUB SANDWICH" BLOCKS IN ALMOST MINIATURE 6-INCH BLOCKS.

AND THIS TIME, TO SET THEM OFF AND FRAME THEM, I'M GOING TO LOG CABIN.

I'VE CHOSEN THE CAPITOL STEPS, OR COURTHOUSE STEPS, ARRANGEMENTS, WHERE YOU TAKE THE LIGHT LOGS AND THE DARK LOGS AND CONTRAST THEM.

NOW, THIS HAPPENS TO BE OUR BLOCK OF THE DAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A 12-INCH BLOCK, SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE AND DO A DOUBLE ATTIC WINDOWS AND THE SHADED TRAIL.

SEE YOU THERE.

DOUBLE ATTIC WINDOWS.

IT'S A 12-INCH BLOCK, IT'S A 4 PATCH, AND IT ONLY TAKES THREE TEMPLATES.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A FAVORITE OF MINE.

NOW, IF ONE WAS GOOD, TWO LEVELS WILL BE EVEN BETTER, AMD THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THE TEMPLATES SEW TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT LONG FIGURE RIGHT HERE, WHICH WILL BE THEN SEWN TO YOUR SQUARE.

I'D LIKE TO ALWAYS SEW THAT BY LINING UP THE RIGHT ANGLE AND STITCHING ACROSS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR DOG-EAR EKING OUT THERE.

AND ONCE THAT'S BEEN DONE EIGHT TIMES, YOU WOULD COME AND ATTACH IT TO YOUR SQUARE.

KEEP IN MIND THAT BACKSTITCHING HERE IS YOUR SECRET.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I CAN LINE THIS UP AND TAKE MY 1/4 INCH RIGHT DOWN TO THAT... 1/4 INCH BACK AND BACKSTITCH, AND THEN I'VE GOT THAT NICE DIAGONAL THERE TO COME.

AND I'D LINE UP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE VERY TIP AND THEN GO AHEAD AND STAGGER THESE SEAMS.

I'VE GOT ONE GOING IN ONE DIRECTION AND ONE GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

PIN THAT FOR JUST SAFEKEEPING UNTIL YOU STITCH THAT.

TRADITION HAS IT THAT QUITE OFTEN IN YOUR ATTIC WINDOWS, A FIN AND FEATHER STITCH WAS DONE ON THE DIAGONAL.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR FOUR PATCH DONE, SEW YOUR HALVES TOGETHER AND THEN ALL THE WAY ACROSS, AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR 12-1/2-INCH BLOCK.

SHADED TRAIL.

IT'S A 12-INCH BLOCK WITH 4 TEMPLATES AND SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS BLOCK.

I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH FABRIC SELECTION.

I GO RIGHT TO THE CENTER TO START THE PIECEWORK.

YOU'LL USE A TRAPEZOID, AND IT IS REALLY A MIRROR IMAGE OF ANOTHER ONE.

A CONTRAST IN COLORS REALLY HELPS, BUT STITCH THOSE TOGETHER FIRST TO MAKE A SECTION THAT WOULD STITCH TO THE NEXT ONE, AND THEN YOU CAN STITCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

DO YOUR TWOS, THEN YOUR TWOS, AND ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

THEN GO OUT, AND I HAVE FOUND THE EASIEST WAY IS TO TAKE THESE PARALLELOGRAMS AND SEW AND FLIP ONTO THE SQUARE FOUR TIMES.

MAKE SURE THAT THAT SHORT SIDE OF THIS FIGURE IS ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN, BECAUSE IT'LL END UP BEING ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BLOCK.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SET THESE INTO THIS CENTER SECTION, AND THAT WOULD RELY ON THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEWN OUT TO THE EDGE HERE.

YOU'VE ONLY GONE TO YOUR 1/4 INCH.

YOU'D PUT THE TWO SIDES TOGETHER AND THEN MACHINE-STITCH STARTING RIGHT HERE.

AND I LIKE TO UNCOVER THAT SO I CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE I BACKSTITCHED.

SEW ALL THE WAY OUT TO HERE AND BACKSTITCH.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU'LL JUST HAVE THESE SHORT LINES TO COME OUT HERE AND HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA END THIS BY SEWING AND FLIPPING THE TRIANGLE ON ALL FOUR CORNERS.

NOW, IN ALL HONESTY, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THIS IS AN EASY BLOCK.

IT'S A TOUGHIE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT.

THE EASIEST PART'S GONNA BE THOSE TRIANGLES AT THE END.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO LOG CABIN NOW, BECAUSE IN AUSTRALIA, I SAW AN ANTIQUE LOG CABIN QUILT.

IT WAS IN A HOME FILLED WITH AUSTRALIAN FOLK ART.

WE ARE IN THE VERY UNIQUE HOME OF LEIGH TAUMOEFOLAU, A POLYNESIAN NAME.

ALONG WITH LEIGH IS LYN INALL, A QUILTMAKER AND QUILT ENTHUSIAST.

BOTH ARE FROM CANBERRA.

JUST LOOK AT THE MANY COLLECTABLE AUSTRALIAN PRIMITIVES.

WE CALL IT "OBJECTS DE BUSH."

WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THREE QUILTS IN THIS ROOM-- THE LOG CABIN, THE HEXAGON, AND A WAGGA QUILT.

NOW, LEIGH, TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU ACQUIRED THIS LOG CABIN QUILT.

THIS IS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY ME.

I PURCHASED IT FROM AN ANTIQUE FRIEND OF MINE WHO BOUGHT IT AT A CLEARING SALE.

APPARENTLY, IT WAS MADE BY TWO ELDERLY SISTERS IN THE DISTRICT OF BENALLA, WHICH IS NORTH OF VICTORIA.

AND IN CLOSER INSPECTION, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK-- CAN'T YOU, LYN?-- THAT IT HAS BEEN STITCHED BY HAND AND IN WHAT WE WOULD CALL JUST A PATCHWORK ARRAY.

HOWEVER, YOU WOULD CALL IT A PATCHWORK QUILT.

Lyn: THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S CERTAINLY A HAND-PIECED ONE RATHER THAN MACHINE PIECING, WHICH WE'D HAVE FOUND IN THIS STYLE NORMALLY, AND TRADITIONALLY REFERRED TO IN AUSTRALIA AS A PATCHWORK QUILT, NOT QUITE MEANING THE SAME THING AS IT DOES IN AMERICA.

AND THEN THE HEXAGON.

YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN HEXAGONS.

YES, BUT THIS PARTICULAR HEXAGON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CONSTRUCTED IN A MOST UNUSUAL WAY.

THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF ENGLISH PIECING BY TACKING THE FABRIC ONTO A BACKING PAPER AND THEN NEATLY LACING THESE TWO PIECES TOGETHER.

THIS ONE'S BEEN EXTENDED ONE STEP FURTHER BY THEN LACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, FORMING A LITTLE CROSS AROUND THE TOP, LIKE A CROSS STITCH, AND RAISING THE RIDGES OF THE HEXAGON PATTERN.

THAT CERTAINLY ENHANCED THE DESIGN.

AND THEN THE BEAUTIFUL PLACEMENT OF COLOR IN THIS PARTICULAR QUILT.

YES.

AND, LEIGH, YOU ALSO HAVE A WAGGA QUILT.

MOST INTERESTING.

WE WERE TOUCHING THAT AND FEELING THE WEIGHT OF IT.

IT'S MADE, I GUESS, FROM OLD CLOTHING ON THE OUTSIDE, AND IT HAS A BATTING.

ITS BATTING IS MADE UP OF OLD BLANKETS, OLD PARTS OF SUITS-- SUIT COATS, TROUSERS-- AND, I IMAGINE, ANYTHING THAT WAS WORN.

YOUR HOME IS SO EXCITING, AND WE WISH YOU WELL.

I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY THE FORERUNNER OF COLLECTING PRIMITIVE AUSTRALIAN ARTWORK AND FURNITURE.

SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, LYN.

THANK YOU, GEORGIA.

THE TRADITIONAL LOG CABIN BLOCK IS BASED ON LIGHTS AND DARKS.

TO MAKE THAT, WE GO TO OUR STACKS, AND WE SEPARATE THE LIGHTS FROM THE DARKS AND ALWAYS PUT A BRIGHT ACCENT IN THE CENTER.

NOW, TRADITIONALLY, WE START WITH THAT CENTER AND ADD THOSE LOGS, USUALLY CUT ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF WIDE IN EITHER DIRECTION.

THEY CAN EITHER GO CLOCKWISE OR COUNTERCLOCKWISE, AND THEY SIMPLY GO ROUND AND ROUND.

FOR INSTANCE, HERE I AM, READY TO ADD THE NEXT LOG, AND I WOULD LINE THAT UP, SEW, AND FLIP BACK, ALWAYS HAVING THE PREVIOUS STRAIGHT LINE AS AN EDGE TO CUT BY.

WHAT WE CAN DEVELOP HERE ARE THOSE BARN RAISING AND STRAIGHT FURROW STRIPS THAT END UP IN WHOLE QUILTS.

HERE'S JUST A SAMPLE IN A SMALL TOTE, AND THAT REMINDS US OF THE STRAIGHT FURROWS.

BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SHAPES THAT WE CAN DEVELOP FROM STARTING IN THE CENTER AND SEWING AROUND?

EVERYTHING FROM RECTANGLES-- A GREAT WAY TO DO PLACE MATS-- TO TRIANGLES.

THIS WOULD GIVE US THE OPTION OF GOING TO THREE SELECTIONS-- LIGHT, MEDIUM, AND DARK-- ALWAYS HAVING THE PREVIOUS LINE TO TRIM WITH.

AND THEN THERE'S THE DIAMOND.

OH, WE COULD HAVE FUN WITH THAT.

EACH TIME, IT GROWS INTO LARGER DIAMONDS.

NOW, FOR INSTANCE, YOU'RE GONNA--YOU'VE GONE AWAY, AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU WANT TO START AGAIN.

WHERE DO YOU START?

WELL, GO TO YOUR CENTER AND DECIDE THAT YOU WERE SEWING IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, AND GO TO THE LAST ROW THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY STITCHING IN IT, AND THEN PICK UP YOUR STRIP, THE ONE THAT MATCHES HERE, AND YOU'RE READY TO SEW AND FLIP BACK, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU REALIZE YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN YOURSELF ENOUGH ON THIS END.

SO DON'T FORGET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LINE THIS UP, GIVE YOURSELF AN EXCESS, SEW, AND FLIP BACK.

ONCE THAT IS SEWN, YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR MATS TO LINE UP.

AND THEN, LOOK, I CAN JUST PUT THAT RULER ON HERE.

I'VE GOT MY 45-DEGREE LINE.

THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT.

AND IT'S EASY TO JUST TRIM THAT OFF WITH MY ROTARY CUTTER.

BUT LET'S GO ON FROM DIAMONDS.

THINK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO WITH LOG CABIN.

WHY, WE CAN MAKE A WOOL QUILT.

THE WONDERFUL IMPACT OF THOSE WOOL COLORS.

CUT UP YOUR OLD WOOL SKIRTS, AND YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL LOG CABIN QUILT OR A REVERSIBLE LOG CABIN QUILT-- BROWN ON ONE SIDE, DARK GREEN ON THE OTHER.

THIS TIME YOU'RE TAKING THE TWO CONTRASTING LOGS AND PUTTING THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER-- THERE, THE RIGHT SIDES HERE-- AND YOU'RE STITCHING FOUR PIECES OF FABRIC AS YOU'RE GOING.

JUST THE FABRIC ITSELF WILL CREATE THE WARMTH.

I JUST RECEIVED A WONDERFUL LITTLE PIN RECENTLY FROM THE BLUE BONNET QUILTERS IN TEXAS, AND I WAS TAKING A LOOK AT IT AND REALIZING THAT IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A LOG CABIN BLOCK.

HOWEVER, THIS TIME, INSTEAD OF STARTING IN THE CENTER, WE'VE STARTED UP IN THE CORNER.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SEW AND FLIP, SEW AND FLIP, AND WE HAVE A VERY NICE BLUE BONNET.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, IN HAARLEM, HOLLAND, WE DISCOVERED A LOG CABIN VARIATION IN A SMALL QUILT SHOP CALLED IRMA'S SAMPLER.

COME ON WITH US, AND WE'LL EXPLORE.

[SPEAKING DUTCH] IRMA...EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING TODAY.

WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE IN HAARLEM, HOLLAND, AND VERY ANXIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT THE CLASS GOING ON.

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?

YES.

I DO IT IN DUTCH.

YES, YES.

[SPEAKING DUTCH] OH, WE HAD WONDERFUL THINGS.

I HEARD LOG CABIN, PINEAPPLE, AND HEXAGONS, SO I THINK WE CAN TALK.

CAN I TALK TO SOME OF THE STUDENTS TODAY?

YES.

AND YOUR HUSBAND CEES WILL HELP US INTERPRET.

YES.

YES.

THANK YOU.

GOOD DAY.

HOW ARE YOU?

AND YOUR NAME IS?

GERDA.

DIFFICULT FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE.

WE'RE SO GLAD.

TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WELL, I AM CHOOSING MY COLORS.

YES.

DO YOU SEE?

YES.

AND YOU HAVE IT ALL GRIDDED ON THIS SIDE.

YES, BY MACHINE.

EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.

AND THEN MAKING THE DECISION OF DARK AND LIGHT.

YES.

GOOD DAY.

HOW ARE YOU?

AND YOU ARE?

BERNITA.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR COLOR SELECTION.

[SPEAKING DUTCH] [SPEAKING DUTCH] SHE MADE THE CHOICE OF COLORS.

FIRST OF ALL, SHE WANT DIFFERENT COLORS, AND SECOND, SHE WANTS LIGHT ONES AND DARK ONES.

YES, SO SHE'LL HAVE A GOOD CONTRAST.

A GOOD CONTRAST.

VERY NICE.

YES.

AND WE HAVE...?

NEL.

NEL.

HOW NICE.

AND YOU'RE JUST BEGINNING, AFTER YOU'VE DONE THE INITIAL-- YOU'VE DONE THIS BY HAND, THE GRIDDING ON THE BACK?

YES.

ALL DRAWN HERE BY HAND.

NIET, MET MACHINE.

OH, YES.

Cees: BY MACHINE.

YES, AND SEWING BY MACHINE.

OH, WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE CUTOFFS HERE?

YES, THAT IS... [SPEAKS DUTCH] Case: THAT'S MORE ECONOMIC.

Georgia: OH, SHE'S SAVING FABRIC.

SAVING FABRIC.

VERY GOOD.

VERY GOOD.

AND WE HAVE... BARTON BAKER.

BARTON BAKER.

AN AMERICAN?

UH, YES.

[Georgia]: IN HOLLAND.

BUT YOU'RE HERE.

THIS IS YOUR HOME NOW.

YES.

I LIVE HERE.

YES, AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE A MORE ADVANCED QUILTMAKER INTO LOG CABINS.

WE SEE SOME HANGING IN THE ROOM HERE.

THEY'RE LOVELY.

THANK YOU.

ARE YOU A TEACHER OR A QUILTMAKER?

BOTH.

I'VE GIVEN A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS, BUT I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME MAKING QUILTS.

BY THE WAY, I'VE READ YOUR BOOKS, AND I'M A BIG ADMIRER OF YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DO EVERYTHING WITH A MACHINE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

MORE POWER, YES.

AND YOU ARE?

MY NAME IS ERNA.

ERNA.

AND YOU'RE QUITE ALONG AND VERY COLORFUL.

YES.

I THOUGHT I'D TAKE THESE COLORS BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE ON MY SWEATER.

[LAUGHS] YES, VERY GOOD.

SO I THOUGHT, WHY NOT?

ARE NOT MY FAVORITE COLORS.

MY COLORS ARE TURQUOISE AND BLUES AND BLACKS AND WHITE.

BUT, UH... WHY NOT BREAK AWAY?

BREAK AWAY.

YES, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS COURSE, NOW THAT YOU ARE HERE.

OH, WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND WE HAVE A BEGINNING QUILTER.

YOUR NAME IS... ARLISS NOLETTE.

HOW NICE.

AND YOU'RE WORKING IN BLUES?

YES.

I LIKE BLUE.

IT'S A LOVELY COLOR.

YES.

AS WE LEFT IRMA'S SAMPLER SHOP, SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE ME ONE OF THE PATTERNS THAT THEY WERE USING.

AND OF COURSE THE WAY SHE WAS WORKING IS TO DO A LOG CABIN WITH A FOUNDATION PIECE OF MATERIAL.

CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THAT ADDS EXTRA STRENGTH AS YOU'RE SEWING YOUR LOGS ON, BUT IT CAN ALSO INHIBIT YOUR QUILTING STITCH IF YOU'RE INTO FINE, TINY STITCHES.

IT WOULD MAKE A NICE QUILT WITHOUT ANY BATTING, AND YOU'D JUST PUT A BACKING ON IT.

NOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DECIPHER THESE DIRECTIONS, AND IT'S NOT THAT EASY, BUT FROM THE BEST I CAN TELL, WHAT YOU WOULD DO, THE WAY THEY ARE DOING IT IS TO SIMPLY DRAW THROUGH THESE SLITS ON THE PLASTIC, CREATING THE STRAIGHT LINES ON YOUR MUSLIN.

AND OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT YOUR 45-DEGREE ANGLE SO THAT YOU CAN EVEN GET HERE AND CREATE THE PINEAPPLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

NOW, WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS, WITH YOUR LITTLE AREAS CODED, LIKE 1, 2, 3, YOU WOULD START SEWING FROM THE CENTER OUT, BUT THIS TIME, YOU'RE GONNA PLACE YOUR FABRIC ON THIS SIDE, LINE UP YOUR LOGS-- KIND OF PEEK OR HOLD IT UP TO THE LIGHT-- AND THEN COME OVER AND SEW ON THIS LINE RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU HAVE DRAWN.

YOU'LL GET A LOT OF PRECISE PIECEWORK, AND IT'S A MATTER OF SEWING AND FLIPPING.

AND THERE IS SOME EXCESS, SO YOU'LL COME AND YOU'LL CUT OUT THAT EXCESS, MAKING SURE NOT TO CUT THE FOUNDATION AS YOU SEW AND FLIP EACH TIME.

NOW, THIS IDEA OF PINEAPPLE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

WHY, THIS LADY MADE THIS OLD QUILT.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES, AND IT'S PROBABLY OVER 100 YEARS OLD.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLASTIC OR FANCY RULERS, BUT SHE DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB.

AND IT'S JUST BASED ON A PLAID BACKING, NOT EVEN ANY BATTING OR AN EXTRA PIECE OF MATERIAL INSIDE.

WE'VE EVEN GOT A VERSION OF THIS FROM THE FAR EAST.

IT'S A VERY BRIGHT EXAMPLE, ISN'T IT?

COMPLETE WITH LITTLE BUGS RIGHT CENTERED ON EACH SQUARE.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF VARIATIONS IN LOG CABIN DESIGNS, BUT CIRCLES IN LOG CABIN?

LET'S SEE HOW THIS PIECE WAS FIRST MADE AT THE WESTERN GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

THE WESTERN RESIDENCE FOR THE STATE GOVERNORS OF NORTH CAROLINA IS IN ASHEVILLE.

IT IS A PLEASANT RETREAT FROM THE PUBLIC LIMELIGHT USED BY MANY, NOT JUST THE GOVERNOR AND CABINET MEMBERS, BUT FOR RECEPTIONS, PARTIES, AND BUSINESS MEETINGS.

FOUR YEARS OF RENOVATION BY MRS. MARTIN, MARIE HAM, AND THE ASSOCIATION HAVE ENGAGED SOME OF THE FINEST CRAFTSMEN AND WOMEN TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE RESIDENCE.

IT HAS BECOME A LIVING MUSEUM, WITH COLLECTABLES MADE BY VERY ACTIVE ARTISTS.

WHY, HERE IN THE LOBBY, THERE IS THE STATE SEAL, THE STATE TREE, AND THE STATE FLOWER.

NATURALLY, A QUILT IS A PART OF THIS HOME.

CONTINUING OUR IDEA OF WARMING THE WALLS AS WELL AS BEDS, THE FIVE DIRECTIONAL QUILT GROUP MADE THIS PIECE THAT WE CALL "ROUNDABOUT."

NOW, THE ARTISTS THIS TIME WERE JODIE STUTCHBURY, LINDA CANTRELL, BARBARA SWEENEY, AND MYSELF.

SO IT WAS FOUR SETS OF HANDS THAT GOT THIS PIECE ON PAPER-- AND JODIE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT-- AND THEN CUTTING THE PIECES, STITCHING IT, AND QUILTING IT, AND WE'RE QUITE PROUD OF OUR PIECE.

THIS IS PLACED IN THE DINING ROOM HERE AT THE RESIDENCE, AND WE HAD CONSIDERATIONS THAT INCLUDED THE DECOR OF THE WHOLE HOUSE-- THAT IS, THE COLOR OF THE ORIENTAL RUGS, THE BLUE-GREEN OF THE FURNITURE, THAT NEW BRIGHT AQUA IN THE KITCHEN, AND EVEN THE SLATE FLOORS.

WE KNEW WE WANTED IT TO BE A BRIGHT FOCAL POINT IN THE DINING ROOM, AND WE WANTED IT TO BE TRADITIONAL BUT A NEW SLANT TO THAT.

YOU SEE THE LOG CABIN IN THE PROGRESSIONS OF COLORS GOING THROUGH THE QUILT, BOTH IN BLUE-GREEN AND THE MAUVE AND THE MAROON, BUT THEN YOU SEE CIRCLES.

NOW, WE THINK OF LOG CABIN AS ALWAYS STARTING WITH SQUARES AND JUST LOGS SEWN AROUND, BUT THIS TIME, WE'VE COME UP WITH CIRCLES.

AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE QUILT STUDIO.

YES, WE DID THAT WALL HANGING AS A GROUP, AND BARBARA SWEENEY, FROM ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, LIKED IT SO MUCH, SHE MADE IT AGAIN FOR HERSELF.

IT'S A LOVELY ARRAY OF BLUES, AND WE HAVE ISOLATED ONE SECTION TO POINT OUT THE 10-INCH BLOCK.

AND INSIDE OF THAT, YOU SEE THIS BRIGHT PURPLE CIRCLE.

NOW, TO MAKE THIS, YOU NEED TWO SIZES OF LOGS.

THE CENTER ONES ARE 1 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND JUST ENDLESS STRIPS-- YOU'D JUST CUT THOSE-- AND THE BACKGROUND ARE 1 INCHES WIDE.

JUST CUT SOME MORE ENDLESS STRIPS.

YOU WOULD START BY CUTTING 4 1-INCH SQUARES AND PLACING THEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER ON THAT 1-INCH STRIP.

NOTICE THAT THIS LITTLE SQUARE IS THE SAME AS THOSE WIDE STRIPS, THE SAME COLOR.

NOW, YOU'RE GONNA MACHINE-STITCH THOSE TOGETHER USING, OF COURSE, YOUR 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE, AND YOU'LL JUST SEW THOSE ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND ONCE YOU'VE SEWN THOSE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON FOUR LOGS AT ONE TIME.

YOU'LL COME OVER AND THEN TAKE THIS APART, AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA TRIM THIS OFF.

YOU'VE GOT THAT PREVIOUS LINE OF THE 1 INCH TO USE EACH TIME.

AND THEN GET RID OF THAT, COME AROUND AND JUST TRIM OFF, AND YOU'RE GONNA THUMB-CREASE THAT OPEN, THEN.

YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE NOT TO SNEEZE OR COUGH AT THIS POINT, OR YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE WHAT YOU'VE STARTED.

BUT GET RID OF ALL THIS STUFF, AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO THUMB-CREASE THIS BACK.

AND KNOWING THAT'S THE CENTER, I'D ALWAYS THUMB-CREASE SO THAT YOUR LITTLE LOGS, OR YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCE OF YOUR LOGS, ARE GOING TO THE BACKSIDE.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, COME UP AND PLACE THIS RIGHT HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

THERE'S 1 AND THERE'S 2, AND THEN YOU SEE EXACTLY WHERE TO GO.

SO I'M GONNA COME HERE AND LINE THIS UP AGAIN, AND I JUST KEEP SEWING.

LINE THAT UP WITH A LITTLE SPACE IN-BETWEEN, COME TO THE NEXT ONE AND COME RIGHT HERE, EACH TIME, LINING THAT UP ALL THE WAY DOWN.

TAKE YOUR 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE, COME HERE, THUMB-CREASE THAT TO THE BACKSIDE, AND YOU JUST CONTINUE SEWING.

I'VE GOT ONE MORE TO DO.

IT DOESN'T HURT IF YOU JUST SEW ON THAT SINGLE FABRIC FOR A FEW MINUTES.

EACH TIME, YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR LOG STRIPS TO MAKE YOUR 5-INCH SQUARE.

ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD COME AND TRIM, AND IT REALLY HELPS TO USE THE SMALLER RULER THEN AND KEEP YOUR ANGLES ALL LINED UP.

TRIM TO PREPARE THAT NEXT... LINE OF STITCHING, AND THIS TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO TURN TO YOUR WIDER STRIPS.

GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CUT ANYTHING PREVIOUSLY DONE.

ALL RIGHT.

COME HERE, AND THEN YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOTTEN SO FAR.

AND YOU'RE READY NOW TO ADD ONE OF THESE WIDER ONES.

AS YOUR BLOCK BEGINS TO GROW, IT OFTEN HELPS TO GO BACK TO YOUR SCHEMATIC.

DO YOU SEE I'M READY TO ADD NUMBER 5, WHICH IS ANOTHER 1-1/2-INCH-WIDTH STRIP.

NOW, IT TAKES FOUR OF THESE TO BUILD UP TO THAT 10-INCH SQUARE.

I'LL END UP WITH 4 5-1/2-INCH SQUARES.

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA COME AND LAY THIS ONE OUT.

IT SEEMS LIKE I'M KIND OF LOPSIDED, DOING SOME WIDE AND SOME NARROW, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE CIRCLE IN THE END, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL LIKE.

I'M GETTING READY TO TRIM AGAIN, AND AFTER I TRIM, AT THIS POINT, I PRESS WITH MY IRON EACH TIME.

I THINK IT JUST FIRMS UP THOSE SEAMS AND ALLOWS THAT SEAM ALLOWANCE TO GO TO THE BACKSIDE VERY NICE EACH TIME.

ALL RIGHT, I'M STARTING TO ADD THE SIXTH ROW HERE, AND SO THESE SEAMS DON'T FALL BACK ON ME, I USE THE STILETTO AS I'M LINING THESE UP, AND YOU CAN JUST SET IT BY LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS ONE.

ONCE YOU GET ONE ON RIGHT, YOU CAN USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE TO JUST KEEP GOING.

IT'S REALLY NICE AS I'M SEWING THESE IN SEQUENCE THAT I CAN GET ALL FOUR LINED UP HERE ON THIS ONE WIDER STRIP.

THIS IS THE 1-1/2-INCH-WIDE STRIP.

NOW, AS IT TURNS OUT, YOU CAN SEE AS I'M BUILDING THIS THAT ON MY WIDER SIDE, I'M ADDING FROM THAT CENTER COLOR THREE OUT, AND THEN ON THE NARROWER SIDE, I'M ADDING THREE OUT ALSO.

THAT KIND OF HELPS TO KNOW EXACTLY THE WIDTH AND HOW MANY YOU'RE ADDING TO THE COMPLETE 5-INCH SQUARE.

[machine whirring] ONCE MY LAST STRIP HAS BEEN PRESSED TO THE BACK, I CAN COME OVER AND FIND MY CIRCLE.

THERE IT IS.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY MAKING CIRCLES OUT OF LOG CABINS.

♪ "LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM OMNIGRID, THE ORIGINAL, PATENTED BLACK AND YELLOW RULER, BY FAIRFIELD PROCESSING, MAKER OF POLY-FIL BRAND PRODUCTS, AND BY COATS & CLARK, SERVING AMERICA'S SEWING NEEDS FOR OVER 125 YEARS, FEATURING COATS DUAL DUTY PLUS SEWING AND QUILTING THREAD.