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Learn new ways to approach the twisted Log Cabin technique with detailed instructions in Log Cabin with a Twist by Barbara Kaempfer. Design creative variations on the traditional Log Cabin design.

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Log Cabin with a Twist

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Log Cabin with a Twist

Author: Barbara T. Kaempfer

Pages: 111
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: American Quilter's Society

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Born and raised in the capital city of Switzerland, the medieval town of Bern, Barbara now lives with her husband, Ueli, in Mettmenstetten, a rural village halfway between Zurich and Lucerne. Their two children are grown up and live in other towns in Switzerland.

Log Cabin with a Twist is Barbara's first book about quiltmaking. She has been making and showing quilts since she first came to know this artful craft in 1982. At that time she was living with her family in Raleigh, NC, where her husband worked for three years on a professional assignment.

After her family's return to Switzerland in 1985, she started teaching various quilting techniques in Swiss quilt guilds and shops. Since 1991 she runs her own annual quilting seminar in the little Swiss town of Unterageri and teaches the Log Cabin with a Twist technique to an international audience with great success. She is also a frequent guest teacher at seminars in other European countries and the USA.

Barbara's work won numerous blue and red ribbons in international competitions. Several articles have been published about her and her work in the local and internations trade press. Her mother tongue is Swiss-German; she is fluent in German and English and understands French.

Preface	8	Other block sizes and measurements	51
Introduction	9	Combining Blocks into a Design (on Paper)	51
Chapter 1		Reducing the design and coloring Effort	52
The Square	11	Combining blocks	52
How to Draw the Pattern	12	Mirror Image Designs	56
Block Size	12	Chapter 4
Adding Twist	12	Combinations and other shapes	65
Drawing the Pattern	12	Combining Squares and Right Angle Triangles	67
Other block sizes and measurements	13	Combining Equilateral Triangles with Diamonds	70
Combining Blocks into a Design (on Paper)	14	The Hexagon	74
Reducing the design and coloring Effort	14	Other combinations	75
Combining two blocks and coloring	14	Chapter 5
Combining four and more blocks into different designs	15	SEWING AND FINISHING THE QUILT	77
Different design using the same pattern and same colors	22	Preparing the Foundation	78
Mirror Image Designs	30	Materials for the Foundation	78
Chapter 2	35	Choosing and Cutting the Fabric	79
The Equilateral Triangle	35	Quality of Fabric	79
How to Draw the Pattern	36	Color Ranges	79
Block Size	36	Choosing the Fabric	79
Adding Twist	36	Estimating the Quantity of Fabric Needed	79
Drawing the Pattern	36	Cutting the fabric	80
Other block sizes and measurements	37	Sewing the block	80
Combining Blocks into a Design (on Paper)	38	Get yourself organized	80
Reducing the design and coloring Effort	38	Sewing the block	82
Combining six blocks	38	Sewing the Blocks Together	85
Different design using the same pattern and same colors	40	Removing the Paper Foundation	86
Mirror Image Designs	43	Quilting	86
Chapter 3		The Sandwich	86
The 90* Triangle	49	Quilting	86
How to Draw the Pattern	50	Appendix A: The Square	88
Block Size	50	Appendix B: The Equilateral Triangle	94
Adding Twist	50	Appendix C: The 90* Triangle	101
Drawing the Pattern	50	Appendix D: Diamonds and Hexagons	108