Quilty Cabins Wall Hanging / Baby Quilt in Sincerely Yours!

It's one month until Valentine's Day!  Today I'm sharing the perfect Valentine's Day quilt that I finished yesterday.  This is Quilty Cabins.

Quilty Cabins is a long cabin quilt design with a heart pieced right into the blocks. There is no applique in this quilt; it is made with traditional piecing.  This pattern is Fat Quarter friendly and includes 6 sizes so you can make just the size you want.  

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

I am using this quilt as a wall hanging and it is made following the Baby size instructions.  It measures approximate 35" square.

In January of 2024, I began hosting a Quilty Cabins Quilt Along with my newsletter subscribers, and this is the quilt I began making along with them.  Just after beginning the QAL, I had to head west to help my parents and was gone for almost three months, so the QAL was canceled, and my quilt blocks were stored away.  

Yesterday I assembled the blocks and quilted and bound the quilt top and am sharing it with you today, one month before Valentine's Day!

Oh, Those Fabrics!

This quilt is made with the Sincerely Yours fabric collection by Sherri and Chelsi of A Quilting Life for Moda Fabrics.  It's from a few years ago, and I was saving it for the perfect pattern, and that is Quilty Cabins!  

The Baby size quilt is made with 5 FQs or scraps, and using scraps is the better option as using only 5 FQs would make it very difficult to keep matching pieces from touching each other.  Using a FQ bundle of Sincerely Yours, I cut just a few strips from each print so almost the entire collection is included in this quilt.  Only the light prints were excluded.

The quilt pattern includes a chart that details how many of each piece size are needed, so it's really easy to use scraps instead of fat quarters.

Sincerely Yours is available right here.

Longarm Machine Quilting

The digital quilting design used is Heart to Heart by Karlee Porter.  The design is stitched out horizontally, so the quilt top must be placed horizontally on the rails with the top of the quilt on the same side as the top of the hearts.  You don't want the hearts upside-down!  ♥  Thread color is Natural White, quilted on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher.

The backing is Bee Basics Heart in Red by Riley Blake Designs, available right here in the shop, and the binding is a heart print from the Sincerely Yours collection.

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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A Log Cabin Heart Quilt - Quilty Cabins in Dream!

Today I'm sharing a rainbow bright Quilty Cabins quilt in the Throw size!  This happy quilt has hearts encircled with log cabin logs.  The quilt pattern includes 6 sizes and is fat quarter friendly.

The hearts are pieced into the blocks and are NOT appliqued on.  :)

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Quilty Cabins Pattern Features

Quilty Cabins includes all of the quilt sizes - 6 in all - Baby, Throw, Twin, Square Queen, Rectangular Queen, and King.  It's such a great value for your dollar, and you'll use the quilt pattern more than once.  :)

You'll love that Quilty Cabins is stash friendly!  You can use your stash of fat quarters in Quilty Cabins, or use a FQ bundle of your favorite fabric collection.  

There are two layout options in Quilty Cabins.  This quilt is made in the Traditional layout where the "logs" in the blocks create a "square" design where they meet.  The second layout is Offset, in which the "logs" in the blocks create flowing waves down the quilt top.  You can see an example of the Offset layout in this blog post.

A Rainbow of Fabrics

Fabrics in this Quilty Cabins quilt are from the Dream collection by Kristy Lea for Riley Blake Designs with a background of white.  They are fun, bright prints encompassing the entire rainbow, and many are tone-on-tones which read as solids.  Then there are those cute rainbows and puffy clouds!

We carry fat quarter bundles of Dream in our shop.  Click here to see them.

The backing is a yellow sunburst wide back which is no longer available in our shop, and the binding is a blue print from the collection.

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

The bright and happy quilt on the ladder in the background of the picture above is Hand Picked, also made in Dream by Riley Blake Designs.  The Hand Picked quilt pattern is jelly roll friendly, includes 5 sizes, and is stri pieced.  Click here to see the Hand Picked quilt pattern in our shop.

Longarm Quilting

The quilt design on this quilt is Double Bubble, quilted in white thread on my Handi Quilter Fusion with Pro Stitcher.  It's a fun circle design that stitches out without a lot of stitching over previous stitches, which I prefer not to happen.

This quilt top was made by one of my sewists, Kare, in August of 2022.

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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Quilty Cabins Quilt Pattern - a Throw Quilt in Sweet Picnic!

Today I'm sharing this log cabin heart Quilty Cabins quilt!  This is the quilt I made to test the pattern, and I can't believe I haven't shown it to you yet!  Quilty Cabins is a fun pattern to make. :)

This quilt is made with a fat quarter bundle of Sweet Picnic, a lovely blend of purples, teal, orangey-reds and gold with a creamy white background.  The prints are a variety of florals, ginghams, cherries, and butterflies.  

Quilty Cabins comes in a ton of quilt sizes and is fun to sew up.  Even with the number of pieces in each block, it doesn't take very long to make with chain piecing to speed up the process.  

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is in the Busy Hands Quilts pattern shop.

Tons of Quilt Sizes Included

Quilty Cabins includes all of the quilt sizes, so you don't have to do any math, and so you are much more likely to use the pattern more than once.  The quilt pattern includes instructions for the following quilt sizes:

• Baby quilt size

• Throw quilt size

• Twin bed size

• Square Queen bed size

• Rectangular Queen bed size

• King bed size

Log Cabin Quilt Blocks with Hearts

Quilty Cabins is made with sweet hearts in the middle of log cabin quilt blocks.  With a lot of figuring and re-figuring, the hearts landed smack in the middle of the block.  It's a joy to piece the blocks and see the hearts appear all of a sudden, seemingly out of nowhere!

If you love heart quilts and log cabin quilts, this is the perfect quilt pattern for you!  I've done all of the math for you, so you can grab your fat quarters, switch on some music and have a cutting session, and then sit down and sew.

Two Layout Options - Traditional and Offset

With two layout options, you have double the options to create a stunning quilt.  The Traditional layout places the blocks as one would expect in a log cabin design with the blocks lining up with the logs from four blocks meeting at their corners.  The Offset layout places the hearts half dropped and the logs create a cascading wave down the quilt top.  Both layouts are beautiful!

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is in the Busy Hands Quilts pattern shop.

Those Sweet Fabrics

This quilt is made with a fat quarter bundle of Sweet Picnic fabrics by Riley Blake Designs with a background of creamy white.  It's a lovely collection with a number of colorways which is perfect for Quilty Cabins.

As long as your fat quarters stand out from the background, they will work great in Quilty Cabins.  This is a good pattern to use your less-than-favorite fabrics, too, as they will be well hidden in the blocks.

Longarm Quilting

The longarm digital quilting design used on this quilt is Double Bubble, one of my new favorites.  It stitches out so nicely, and I love to put round stitching on quilts to break up all of the straight edges of the fabrics.  Thread color is Natural White, quilted on my HandiQuilter Fusion with Pro-Stitcher.

Wide Backing Fabric

This quilt is backed with Dry Brush in Cream wide backing, available in The Wide Back Shop.  It's a tone-on-tone fabric, similar to Grunge, that blends so well.

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is in the Busy Hands Quilts pattern shop.

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Quilty Cabins Quilt Kits in Rainbow!

We've kitted Quilty Cabins in a bright and happy rainbow in pindot fabrics!  I love pindot fabric with the tiny scattered white dots.  :)  The quilt kits are the Throw size.

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is fat quarter friendly and includes 6 sizes - Baby, Throw, Twin, 2 Queens, and King.

The Quilty Cabins Pindot quilt kit is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

The Quilty Cabins Pindot quilt kit is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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Quilty Cabins Quilt Pattern - a Throw Quilt in Rainbow Brights!

Today I'm sharing a Quilty Cabins quilt in a rainbow!  The hearts inside the log cabin blocks is a sweet spin on the traditional log cabin design.  The Quilty Cabins pattern is fat quarter friendly - which also means super stash friendly - and easy to make.  

Of course you know there are loads of sizes included in the Quilty Cabins pattern - 6 in all!

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Log Cabin Heart Design

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern takes the traditional log cabin quilt block and adds a sweet heart in the middle of the pieced blocks.  With a lot of trial and error, figuring and re-figuring, that heart ended up smack dab in the middle of the block.  All of the effort was worth it to create this unique version of the traditional log cabin block which so many quilters love to make.

I have grown to love making log cabin quilt blocks after changing the way I cut the fabric which resulted in more accurate quilt blocks.  The techniques I've learned to create more accurate blocks are included in the quilt pattern, including the direction of the grain the fabric is cut on, and piecing.  

All the Sizes and FQ Friendly!

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern includes all of the sizes - 6 in all - so you're covered for whatever size you're looking to make.  You'll find these sizes of quilts in the pattern.

     Baby  35" x 35"  5 fat quarters but best for scraps

     Throw  53" x 70"  13 fat quarters

     Twin  70" x 88"  22 fat quarters

     Square Queen  88" x 88 "  28 fat quarters

     Rectangular Queen 88" x 105"  33 fat quarters

     King 105" x 105"  39 fat quarters

Scrappy and Stash Friendly!

Because Quilty Cabins is a fat quarter friendly quilt pattern, it's perfect for using your stash of FQs or FQ bundles.  Pretty much any fabric combination will work, and this is a great pattern to hide those ugly fabrics that seem to sneak into our stashes, or fabrics we've grown un-fond of over time.  They'll hide away and yet will fill a useful place.  Not all of the fabrics in the quilt end up as hearts, so there is a real possibility of hiding a few less favorite fabrics in the mix.

Yes, you can use scraps, too!  The pattern details how many of each piece size to cut, so using your scrap bins will totally work as well.  

A Rainbow of Bright Fabrics and Quilt Kits!

This Throw size quilt was made by my sewist Kare in a rainbow of brights from the Dream fabric collection by Riley Blake Designs.  It's a fun collection of brights that read as solids or nearly solids with some rainbows, clouds, and raindrops tossed in.  

We have curated Quilty Cabins quilt kits in these exact fabrics to make it easy for you to reproduce this quilt on your own.  It's a super happy quilt for a teenager or young adult, or anyone who simply loves bright and happy rainbow colors.

The Quilty Cabins Quilt Kits in Rainbow are available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

Extra Wide Backing

This quilt is backed with a happy yellow wide backing.  There are a rainbow of wide backings in The Wide Back Shop, as well as neutrals for most every quilt project.  

Longarm Machine Quilting

The quilting design used is Double Bubble in light gray thread, completed on my HandiQuilter Fusion with Pro-Stitcher.  This design has become another favorite as it stitches out so well and has a fun vibe.

A Peek at Hand Picked

The quilt on the ladder in the background of the image above is Hand Picked, also made with the Dream fabric collection.  Hand Picked includes many sizes, is jelly roll friendly, and strip pieced for a super quick finish.  The quilt pattern is also available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.  We also carry quilt kits in Hand Picked rainbow, both of which you'll find right here.

The Quilty Cabins quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.

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