Because standard Log Cabin blocks are divided diagonally into halves—one dark and one light—a seemingly endless array of overall patterns may be created. A simple change in a quilt’s setting completely alters its appearance by creating a wholly different overall pattern. While typical settings, such as Barn Raising, are among the most common, the Log Cabin block may also be used to make one-of-a-kind arrangements, as this quilt demonstrates. The maker combined several of the most common settings into an interesting amalgamation. Elements of Barn Raising, Streak of Lightning, and Light and Dark are all present.

Pattern: 
Log Cabin
Maker: 
Maker unidentified
Circa
1870
1890
Possibly made in
York County
Pennsylvania
United States
90
75.5
Ardis and Robert James Collection
1997.007.0127