What is a courthouse step quilt block?
The Courthouse Steps block is a variation of the Log Cabin block, with the strips/steps sewn to opposite sides of the centre square.
What is a log cabin quilt?
Log Cabin Quilts are made of arrangements of a repeated single block pattern. The Log Cabin block consists of light and dark fabric strips that represent the walls of a. log cabin. A center patch, often of red cloth, represents the hearth or fire.
What is Log Cabin Quilting?
What happens if you quilt too far apart?
Since the stitches are apart from each other the materials are a little loose. A dense quilt is less warm than a sparse quilt. When your quilt is stiff it will not drape and wrap well around your body. While sparse quilts bend and drape well on your skin, giving you a warmer feeling.
What’s the pattern for the courthouse steps quilt?
The Courthouse Steps quilt block pattern is a variation on a Log Cabin quilt block. And just like the Log Cabin, it’s all squares and rectangles. And just like the Log Cabin, it’s all squares and rectangles.
How are courthouse steps like a log cabin?
You can read more about Log Cabin Quilt patterns here! The Courthouse Steps quilt pattern had perfectly symmetrical strips on alternate sides of the center square, instead of “wrapping” around the square like the Log Cabin pattern. Because of this symmetry, each row of strips resembles… you guessed it! The stairs of a courthouse.
How big are the blocks in courthouse steps?
My old quilt measures 74.5 inches (11 blocks) x 80.5 inches (12 blocks); and the blocks are about 7.25 inches unfinished. The maker used strips measuring 1.25 inches. Since we in modern times probably want a larger quilt, and are more likely to have 1.5 inch strips at hand, that’s what I’m using to make my Courthouse Steps!
How to make courthouse steps with foundation paper?
This version of Courthouse Steps starts by pinning a red 1.5 inch square to the center of the foundation paper, on the unprinted side of the paper. Using a light table makes this task much easier! Also please notice this quilt has two blocks, Block A on the left, and Block B on the right.
